Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1495520 | Optical Materials | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We report on the performance around 1970 nm of a thulium-doped TZNG bulk glass laser pumped by a semiconductor disk laser (SDL) emitting at 1211 nm. A pump-limited maximum output power of 60 mW at 1946 nm was obtained with a measured slope efficiency of 22.4%. The tuning range of 115 nm extended from 1850 nm to 2040 nm. Comparison with a previously reported performance when pumped at 793 nm with Ti:sapphire laser is discussed highlighting the competitiveness of pumping at 1211 nm.
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Authors
F. Fusari, S. Vetter, A.A. Lagatsky, B. Richards, S. Calvez, A. Jha, M.D. Dawson, W. Sibbett, C.T.A. Brown,