Publication: Comparative investigation of diode pumping for continuous-wave and mode-locked CR3+ : LiCAF lasers
dc.contributor.coauthor | Demirbas, Umit | |
dc.contributor.coauthor | Kartner, Franz X. | |
dc.contributor.coauthor | Fujimoto, James G. | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Physics | |
dc.contributor.kuauthor | Sennaroğlu, Alphan | |
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstitute | College of Sciences | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-09T23:07:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cr3+ doped colquiriites are promising solid-state gain media for developing inexpensive and highly efficient tunable continuous-wave (cw) and femtosecond lasers. Among Cr3+ doped colquiriites,Cr3+:LiCAF has superior thermal properties enabling high-power operation with standard laser cavities. In this study we present detailed laser experiments with Cr3+:LiCAF, which achieve laser performance approaching that of the much more expensive Ti:sapphire laser technology. Inexpensive, new, multimode (similar to 1.5 W) and single-mode (similar to 150 mW) diode lasers were used as pump sources. With multimode diode pumping, cw output powers exceeding 1 W and mode-locked pulse energies as high as 2.8 nJ were obtained. Using single-mode diode pumping, up to 280 mW of cw output power with 54% slope efficiency and continuous tuning between 765 and 865 nm were demonstrated. In cw mode-locking, 72 fs, 1.4 nJ pulses were obtained, and an electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 7.8%, was demonstrated. | |
dc.description.indexedby | WOS | |
dc.description.indexedby | Scopus | |
dc.description.issue | 1 | |
dc.description.openaccess | NO | |
dc.description.publisherscope | International | |
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEu | N/A | |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (NSF) [ECS-0456928, ECS-0501478] | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA-9550-07-1-0101, FA9550-07-1-0014] | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey [104T247] We thank Andrew Benedick, Aleem Siddiqui, Jung-Ho Chung, and Yu Gu for their help during the initial experiments, and Christ Ebert (from n-Light Corporation), Detlef Klimm, and Reinhard Uecker (from Institute for Crystal Growth, Berlin) for helpful discussions. This project was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) (ECS-0456928 and ECS-0501478), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA-9550-07-1-0101 and FA9550-07-1-0014), and the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak, project 104T247). | |
dc.description.volume | 26 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1364/JOSAB.26.000064 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1520-8540 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0740-3224 | |
dc.identifier.quartile | Q3 | |
dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-59949105386 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.26.000064 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/9118 | |
dc.identifier.wos | 262877700009 | |
dc.keywords | Fluorescence quantum efficiency | |
dc.keywords | Q-switching behavior | |
dc.keywords | Solid-state lasers | |
dc.keywords | Pulse generation | |
dc.keywords | Lisaf laser | |
dc.keywords | Ring laser | |
dc.keywords | Femtosecond | |
dc.keywords | CR-LiSRALF6 | |
dc.keywords | CR3+LiCAALF6 | |
dc.keywords | Performance | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Optical Society of America (OSA) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of The Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics | |
dc.subject | Optics | |
dc.title | Comparative investigation of diode pumping for continuous-wave and mode-locked CR3+ : LiCAF lasers | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
local.contributor.kuauthor | Sennaroğlu, Alphan | |
local.publication.orgunit1 | College of Sciences | |
local.publication.orgunit2 | Department of Physics | |
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