Spectroscopy and femtosecond laser performance of Yb3+:YAlO3 crystal

Kisel, V. E.; Kurilchik, S. V.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Grigoriev, S. V.; Smirnova, S. A.; Kuleshov, N. V.

Authors

Date

2008

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Bibliographic entry

Spectroscopy and femtosecond laser performance of Yb3+:YAlO3 crystal / V. E. Kisel [et al.] // Optics letters.– 2005. – Vol. 33, № 19. – P. 2194-2196.

Abstract

We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of cw and passively mode-locked Yb3+:YAlO3(Yb:YAP) laser operation under diode pumping. Spectroscopic properties of a 0.6 at.%Yb3+-doped YAP single crystal were investigated. Output power up to 1.2 W with slope efficiency of 64.5% in the cw regime and 225 fs pulse duration with average power of 0.8 W from a mode-locked Yb:YAP laser were demonstrated.