Diode-pumped continuous-wave and passively mode-locked Yb:GSO laser

Wenxue Li; Haifeng Pan; Liang'en Ding; Heping Zeng; Guangjun Zhao; Chengfeng Yan; Liangbi Su; Jun Xu

doi:10.1364/OPEX.14.000686

Diode-pumped continuous-wave and passively mode-locked Yb:GSO laser

Wenxue Li, Haifeng Pan, Liang'en Ding, Heping Zeng, Guangjun Zhao, Chengfeng Yan, Liangbi Su, Jun Xu

Institute for Advanced Study in Precision Spectroscopy

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We report on both continuous-wave and passively mode-locked laser actions of a new ytterbium-doped laser crystal Yb:Gd₂SiO₅ (Yb:GSO) under high-power diode-end-pumping. Due to the anisotropic and compact crystal structure, Yb:GSO exhibits a large manifold splitting of Yb³⁺ ions, and a Yb:GSO laser can be operated efficiently with negligible reabsorption losses at emission wavelengths. In the continuous-wave operation, a Yb:GSO laser was operated with a slope efficiency of 49% near 1094 nm-the longest laser wavelength achieved for Yb³⁺ lasers. Passive mode locking was obtained with a semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror. At a pump power of 6. 23 W, a maximum average output power of 638 mW was obtained with the repetition rate of 145.5 MHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	686-695
Number of pages	10
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	14
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OPEX.14.000686
State	Published - 23 Jan 2006

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