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Opt Lett. 2007 Jul 01;32(13):1929-31. doi: 10.1364/ol.32.001929.

Laser operation of Yb3+ in the acentric RbTiOPO4 codoped with Nb5+.

Optics letters

Xavier Mateos, Valentin Petrov, Alexandra Peña, Joan J Carvajal, Magdalena Aguiló, Francesc Díaz, Patricia Segonds, Benoît Boulanger

Affiliations

  1. Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, 2A Max-Born-Strasse, D-12489 Berlin, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 17603617 DOI: 10.1364/ol.32.001929

Abstract

We report on continuous-wave lasing of Yb(3+) at room temperature in the noncentrosymmetric RbTiOPO(4) crystal, codoped with Nb(5+), for all three possible polarizations. A maximum output power of 154 mW at 1050 nm was obtained for an absorbed power of 386 mW. The highest slope efficiency reached approximately 60% and the lowest threshold (with respect to the absorbed power) was 18 mW. The laser was tunable from 1009 to 1081 nm.

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