CHANNEL WAVE-GUIDE LASER AT 1 MU-M IN YB-INDIFFUSED LINBO3

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作者
JONES, JK
DESANDRO, JP
HEMPSTEAD, M
SHEPHERD, DP
LARGE, AC
TROPPER, AC
WILKINSON, JS
机构
[1] Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton
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10.1364/OL.20.001477
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report laser action in a Ti-diffused LiNbO3 waveguide doped with trivalent Yb ions by thermal indiffusion. Lasing was observed at 1008, 1030, and 1060 nm with thresholds as low as 15-mW launched pump power. We reduced photorefractivity, which initially permitted only intermittent lasing, by annealing the sample in wet O-2. The annealed sample lased continuously in a cavity formed by high-reflectivity mirrors; however, with a 7% output coupler the output power exhibited instabilities. The greatest value of the output power observed under these conditions was consistent with a slope efficiency of similar to 16% with respect to absorbed power.
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