Ultrafast laser inscribed Yb:KGd(WO4)2 and Yb:KY(WO4)2 channel waveguide lasers

Opt Express. 2009 Dec 7;17(25):22417-22. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.022417.

Abstract

We demonstrate laser action in diode-pumped microchip monolithic cavity channel waveguides of Yb:KGd(WO(4))(2) and Yb:KY(WO(4))(2) that were fabricated by ultrafast laser writing. The maximum output power achieved was 18.6 mW with a threshold of approximately 100 mW from an Yb:KGd(WO(4))(2) waveguide laser operating at 1023 nm. The propagation losses for this waveguide structure were measured to be 1.9 dBcm(-1).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lasers, Solid-State*
  • Miniaturization
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation