The Prospects for Yb- and Nd-Doped Tungstate Microchip Lasers

V. G. Savitski; R. B. Birch; E. Fraczek; A. J. Kemp; P. A. Loiko; K. V. Yumashev; N. V. Kuleshov; A. A. Pavlyuk

2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - International Quantum Electronics Conference
(Optica Publishing Group, 2013),
paper CA_10_5

The Prospects for Yb- and Nd-Doped Tungstate Microchip Lasers

V. G. Savitski, R. B. Birch, E. Fraczek, A. J. Kemp, P. A. Loiko, K. V. Yumashev, N. V. Kuleshov, and A. A. Pavlyuk

The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2013

Munich Germany
12–16 May 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4799-0594-2

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V. G. Savitski, R. B. Birch, E. Fraczek, A. J. Kemp, P. A. Loiko, K. V. Yumashev, N. V. Kuleshov, and A. A. Pavlyuk, "The Prospects for Yb- and Nd-Doped Tungstate Microchip Lasers," in 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - International Quantum Electronics Conference, (Optica Publishing Group, 2013), paper CA_10_5.

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Abstract

Potassium gadolinium and yttrium tungstates doped with trivalent Nd, Yb or Tm ions are widely used crystals for efficient diode-pumped lasers. They are usually oriented along the b crystallographic axis, which is also the N_p axis of optical indicatrix. The N_p-cut is characterized by a strong thermal lens with opposing signs along N_m and N_g [1]. This is unsuited to microchip lasers which require a positive thermal lens for a stable cavity. Therefore, a detailed investigation of thermo-optic effects and microchip laser potential of other crystallographic orientations in tungstate crystals is of interest.

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