Dramatically improved laser characteristics of diode-pumped Yb-doped materials at low temperature

Laser Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1306-1312

  Kawanaka, J ^a   Tokita, S ^a   Nishioka, H ^b   Fujita, M ^a   Yamakawa, K ^c   Ueda, K ^b   Izawa, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); YTTERBIUM;

LASER CRYSTALS; LASER GAIN; QUANTUM DEFECTS; STOKES EFFICIENCY;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27344448895     PISSN: 1054660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. R. S. Taylor, C. Hnatovsky, E. Simova, et al., Opt. Lett. 28, 1043 (2003).
2. J. W. Chan, T. Huser, S. Risbud, and D. M. Krol, Opt. Lett. 26, 1726 (2001).
3. Y. Li, K. Itoh, W. Watanabe, et al., Opt. Lett. 26, 1912 (2001).
4. J. Serbin, A. Egbert, A. Ostendorf, et al., Opt. Lett. 28, 301 (2003).
5. T. Feurer, A. Morak, I. Uschmann, et al., Appl. Phys. B 72, 15 (2001).
6. G. Malka, E. Lefebvre, and J. L. Miquel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 3314 (1997).
7. K. W. D. Ledingham, I. Spencer, T. McCanny, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 899 (2000).
8. T. E. Cowan, A. W. Hunt, T. W. Phillips, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 903 (2000).
9. T. Ditmire, E. Springate, J. W. G. Tisch, et al., Phys. Rev. A 57, 369 (1998).
10. A. Maksimchuk, S. Gu, K. Flippo, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4108 (2000).
11. J. Dong, P. Deng, Y. Liu, et al., Appl. Opt. 40, 4303 (2001).
12. C. Honninger, I. Johannsen, M. Moser, et al., Appl. Phys. B 65, 423 (1997).
13. G. J. Spuhler, R. Paschotta, M. P. Kullberg, et al., Appl. Phys. B 72, 285 (2001).
14. H. Bruesselbach and D. S. Sumida, Opt. Lett. 21, 480 (1996).
15. C. Bibeau, R. J. Beach, S. C. Mitchell, et al., IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 34, 2010 (1998).
16. E. C. Honea, R. J. Beach, S. C. Mitchell, et al., Opt. Lett. 25, 805 (2000).
17. K. Maeda, M. Washio, S. Ito, et al., in Proceedings of Adv. Solid-State Photonics, Santa Fe, USA, 2004, MB 16.
18. G. D. Goodno, S. Palese, J. Harkenrider, and H. Injeyan, Advanced Solid-State Lasers OSA TOPS 50, 2 (2001).
19. H. Liu, S. Biswal, J. Paye, et al., Opt. Lett. 24, 917 (1999).
20. J. Kawanaka, K. Yamakawa, H. Nishioka, and K. Ueda, Opt. Lett. 28, 212 (2003).
21. A. A. Lagatsky, A. Abdolvand, and N. V. Kuleshov, Advanced Solid-State Lasers OSA TOPS 34, 116 (2000).
22. F. Druon, F. Balembois, P. Georges, et al., Opt. Comm. 199, 181 (2001).
23. T. Kawashima, O. Matsumoto, M. Miyamoto, et al., in Proceedings of Adv. Solid-State Photonics, Santa Fe, USA, 2004, MB 19.
24. J. G. Ho, R. J. St. Pierre, J. Morais, et al., Advanced Solid-State Lasers OSA TOPS 34, 28 (2000).
25. N. Uehara, K. Ueda, and Y. Kubota, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 35, L499 (1998).
26. J. Kawanaka, H. Nishioka, N. Inoue, and K. Ueda, Appl. Opt. 40, 3542 (2001).
27. J. Kawanaka, K. Yamakawa, H. Nishioka, and K. Ueda, Opt. Express 10, 455 (2002).
28. W. Koechner, Solid-State Laser Engineering (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1996).
29. J. Dong, M. Bass, Y. Mao, et al., J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 1975 (2003).
30. D. N. Nikogosyan, Properties of Optical and Laser-Related Materials. A Handbook (Wiley, New York, 1998).