Abstract
A Tm:SrF2 single crystal is grown by a modified temperature gradient technique (TGT). A study of the fluorescence characteristics and laser performance is carried out. Under laser-diode (LD) end-pumping, a continuous-wave (CW) laser is demonstrated. A slope efficiency of up to 81.8% is first achieved in the Tm-doped single crystals, which is extremely close to the photon quantum efficiency of 2.00. Such a high photon quantum efficiency is caused by the effective cross-relaxation process between Tm3+ ions. A maximum output power of 4.082 W is also obtained. The laser performance indicates that Tm:SrF2 is a promising candidate for highly efficient ∼2 µm lasers.
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