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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 10951-10959Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.385020
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [15KK0245, 18H01204]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18H01204, 15KK0245] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We report laser operation of two Tb3+-activated gain media, Tb:LiYF4 and LiTbF4, in yellow or/and green spectral region. A record-high slope efficiency of 63% among Tb3+-lasers and maximum output power of 1.17 W (incident power of 2.79 W) at around 544 nm were obtained with a c-cut 15%Tb:LiYF4 crystal. The yellow laser characteristics in sigma-polarization were studied. A slope efficiency of 21% at 582 nm was achieved. More importantly, we succeeded in laser operation of LiTbF4 for the first time to the best of our knowledge. Laser oscillation at around 544 nm yielded a maximum slope efficiency of 45%. This points toward the possibility of producing high-energy pulsed lasers using LiTbF4, which features a high active-ion concentration as well as relatively long lifetime. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
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