Continuous-wave laser performance of composite Nd:LuVO4 crystals

Xu, M.; Yu, Haohai; Zhang, H.J.; Wang, Z.P.; Xu, Xiangang; Wang, J.Y.; Ma, Chunchi

doi:10.1002/lapl.201010127

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“…Up to now, in a master oscillator power amplifier configuration, 100W of multimode and 104W of single mode power in Nd:GdVO 4 lasers have been obtained . However, in the Nd:LuVO 4 laser, a maximum output power of only 17.2W and an optical conversion efficiency of 47.3% were achieved at 1066nm .…”

Section: Neodymium‐doped Vanadate Crystalsmentioning

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Advances in vanadate laser crystals at a lasing wavelength of 1 micrometer

Liu

Zhang

et al. 2014

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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Sapphire, garnet and vanadate crystals are the most prominent optical materials, and vanadates play important roles in optics, especially in lasers and nonlinear optics. Neodymium‐doped yttrium vanadate (Nd:YVO4) is representative and available commercially. Based on Nd:YVO4, several vanadate crystals are being developed with the goal of fulfilling the need for differential applications and improvement of certain operational aspects, such as with pulsed lasers or high‐power continuous‐wave lasers. In recent years, some important effects, including energy enhancement, bistability of output performance, self‐Raman frequency shifting, etc., and some novel applications, such as quantum optics, pulsed lasers modulated by the two‐dimensional crystals, etc., have been discovered with vanadates as gain materials. In this paper, the preparation, characterization and laser applications of vanadate laser crystals at the lasing wavelength of 1 micrometer, including YVO4, GdVO4, LuVO4, GdxY1–xVO4 and LuxGd1–xVO4 (0 < x < 1) doped with Nd3+ and ytterbium (Yb3+) are systematically reviewed by highlighting the most recent research progress. Their specific properties are presented, generation mechanisms of novel physical effects are discussed, new applications are given and possible future applications proposed by focusing on some potential strengths.

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Section: Neodymium‐doped Vanadate Crystalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Advances in vanadate laser crystals at a lasing wavelength of 1 micrometer

Liu

Zhang

et al. 2014

Laser & Photonics Reviews

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“…Recently, Nd:LuVO 4 has attracted considerable inter est because it has larger absorption and emission cross sections than those of Nd:YVO 4 and Nd:GdVO 4 [5]. Continuous wave Nd:LuVO 4 lasers emitting at differ ent wavelengths have been reported [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Addition ally, various lasers based on the Nd:LuVO 4 crystal, have been developed, including CW [6,7], actively Q switched [7], passively Q switched [13,14], passively mode locking [15], and self Raman lasers [16].…”

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confidence: 98%

Passively Q-switched intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:LuVO4/LBO green laser with a Cr4+:YAG saturable absorber

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“…Neodymium (Nd) doped mixed vanadate crystals such as Nd:Gd x Y 1 -x VO 4 and Nd:Gd x Lu 1 -x VO 4 have drawn more interests in the fields of high peak power Q switching and mode locking lasers due to moderate stimulated emission cross section and larger fluores cence bandwidth [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Recently, a novel mixed crystal Nd:Lu x Y 1 -x VO 4 was grown by Fuzhou Univer sity and its continuous wave (CW) and Q switched operation at 1064 nm has been demonstrated success fully by our group.…”

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confidence: 99%