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Low-cost, single-mode diode-pumped Cr: Colquiriite lasers

dc.contributor.coauthorDemirbas, Umit
dc.contributor.coauthorLi, Duo
dc.contributor.coauthorBirge, Jonathan R.
dc.contributor.coauthorPetrich, Gale S.
dc.contributor.coauthorKolodziejski, Leslie A.
dc.contributor.coauthorKaertner, Franz X.
dc.contributor.coauthorFujimoto, James G.
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Physics
dc.contributor.kuauthorSennaroğlu, Alphan
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-09T23:05:58Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractWe present three Cr3+: Colquiriite lasers as low-cost alternatives to Ti:Sapphire laser technology. Single-mode laser diodes, which cost only $150 each, were used as pump sources. In cw operation, with similar to 520 mW of absorbed pump power, up to 257, 269 and 266 mW of output power and slope efficiencies of 53%, 62% and 54% were demonstrated for Cr:LiSAF, Cr:LiSGaF and Cr:LiCAF, respectively. Record cw tuning ranges from 782 to 1042 nm for Cr:LiSAF, 777 to 977 nm for Cr: LiSGaF, and 754 to 871 nm for Cr:LiCAF were demonstrated. In cw mode-locking experiments using semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors at 800 and 850 nm, Cr:Colquiriite lasers produced similar to 50-100 fs pulses with similar to 1-2.5 nJ pulse energies at similar to 100 MHz repetition rate. Electrical-to-optical conversion efficiencies of 8% in mode-locked operation and 12% in cw operation were achieved.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.issue16
dc.description.openaccessYES
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation [BES-0522845]
dc.description.sponsorshipAir Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-07-1-0014, FA9550-07-1-0101]
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Institutes of Health [2R01-CA07528912, 5R01-NS057476-02]
dc.description.sponsorshipThorlabs, Inc. We thank Peter Fendel and Hyunil Byun for experimental help and acknowledge support by the National Science Foundation (BES-0522845), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-07-1-0014 and FA9550-07-1-0101), National Institutes of Health (2R01-CA07528912 and 5R01-NS057476-02) and Thorlabs, Inc.
dc.description.volume17
dc.identifier.doi10.1364/OE.17.014374
dc.identifier.issn1094-4087
dc.identifier.quartileQ2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-68349125378
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.014374
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/8885
dc.identifier.wos268843700114
dc.keywordsCR-lisaf laser
dc.keywordsFemtosecond CR3+-licaf laser
dc.keywordsSaturable bragg reflectors
dc.keywordsSolid-state lasers
dc.keywordsHighly efficient
dc.keywordsContinuous-wave
dc.keywordsCR-lisralf6 laser
dc.keywordsPulse generation
dc.keywordsLicaf laser
dc.keywordsCrystals
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOptical Society of America (OSA)
dc.relation.ispartofOptics Express
dc.subjectOptics
dc.titleLow-cost, single-mode diode-pumped Cr: Colquiriite lasers
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorSennaroğlu, Alphan
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