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We demonstrated a 978â nm laser diode (LD) side-pumped YSGG/Er:YSGG/YSGG composite crystal with a size of Ф 3 mm × 65 mm and continuous-wave (CW) mode. By optimizing resonator length and output mirror transmittance, a maximum output power of 28.02 W is generated, corresponding to slope efficiency of 17.55% and optical-optical efficiency of 12.29%, respectively. The thermal focal lengths are obtained by resonator stability condition. The laser wavelength is centered near 2.8â µm. Moreover, the beam quality factors M x2/M y2 are fitted to be 8.14 and 7.35, respectively. The above results indicate that a high-performance 2.8 µm CW laser can be achieved by LD side-pumped YSGG/Er:YSGG/YSGG composite crystal with excellent heat dissipation ability, which promotes effectively the development and applications of the mid-infrared solid-state lasers.
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We demonstrate the thermal, spectroscopy and laser properties of Ho,Pr doped YAP crystal grown successfully by Cz method. The thermal expansion coefficient, thermal conductivity, absorption and emission spectra of Ho,Pr:YAP crystal are investigated in detail. Additionally, the level lifetimes suggest that Pr3+ is a suitable deactivating ion for Ho:YAP crystal. Particularly, the actual laser performance is optimized by doping active ion Ho with high concentrations and introducing deactivated Pr3+, resulting in decreased laser threshold, increased laser output power and slope efficiency. A 3.01â µm laser with output power of 502â mW, slope efficiency of 6.3% and beam quality factors of 1.42/1.43 is achieved in the Ho,Pr:YAP crystal, as far as we know this is the highest â¼3â µm CW laser power realized in Ho3+ doped oxide crystals.
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We demonstrate a 968-nm LD side-pumped Er:YAP laser with concave end-faces and a working frequency of 50â¼1000â Hz. The maximum average powers of 26.75 and 13.18 W are obtained at 250 and 1000â Hz, corresponding to the slope efficiency of 16.2% and 9.0%, respectively. The M2 factors of 7.98 and 1.49 are determined under the multi-mode and single-mode, and three laser wavelengths of 2713, 2732 and 2796â nm are observed. The results indicate that the LD side-pumped Er:YAP crystal with negative curvature end-faces is a promising candidate for the high power and high frequency mid-infrared laser device.
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We demonstrate a novel Er:LuSGG active gain medium emitting laser wavelength at 2795 nm for the first time. The Er:LuSGG crystal is grown successfully by the Czochralski method with high crystalline and optical quality. The spectra properties, including absorption and fluorescence emission cross-section are presented in contrast with similar Er-doped garnet crystals. The fluorescence lifetimes of the upper (4I11/2) and lower (4I13/2) laser levels are 1.75 and 4.64â ms, respectively. Under 973â nm laser diode pumping, a maximum output power of 789â mW in continuous-wave mode, corresponding to optical-to-optical efficiency of 20.2% and slope efficiency of 24.4%, is achieved with high laser beam quality. The results show that the Er:LuSGG is a promising MIR laser material operated at 2.8 µm.