Growth, characterization, and efficient laser operation of Czochralski- and micro-pulling-down-grown Yb3+:YScO3 mixed sesquioxides

IF 2.8 3区材料科学 Q3 MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Optical Materials Express Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI:10.1364/ome.513925

Sascha Kalusniak, Anastasia Uvarova, Ines Arlt, Lena Hülshoff, Patty Eckhof, Philipp Wegener, Mario Brützam, Steffen Ganschow, Christo Guguschev, Hiroki Tanaka, and Christian Kränkel

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Abstract

We report on the growth, spectroscopy and laser operation of Yb³⁺-doped mixed sesquioxide crystals. Various Yb³⁺-doped crystals with compositions close to (Y_0.5Sc_0.5)₂O₃ have been successfully grown by the Czochralski method and by the micro-pulling down (µ-PD) method. Our spectroscopic investigations reveal broadened stimulated emission and absorption cross-section spectra originating from the structural disorder of the mixed crystals. We find the peak wavelengths to shift by ∼1.6 nm between Y:Sc-ratios of 54:46 and 46:54 and confirm a linear relation of the peak position with the lattice constant of the host composition. In the laser experiments, we obtain highly efficient continuous-wave laser operation under pumping with an optically-pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) at ∼975 nm, reaching slope efficiencies of up to 89% at optical-to-optical efficiencies exceeding 80% at laser wavelengths between 1037 nm and 1086 nm.

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偶氮拉尔斯基和微拉下生长的 Yb3+:YScO3 混合倍半氧化物的生长、表征和高效激光操作

我们报告了掺杂 Yb3+ 的混合倍半氧化物晶体的生长、光谱学和激光操作。我们采用 Czochralski 法和微拉下 (µ-PD) 法成功地生长出了各种掺杂 Yb3+ 的晶体，其成分接近 (Y0.5Sc0.5)2O3。我们的光谱研究发现，混合晶体的结构紊乱导致受激发射和吸收截面光谱变宽。我们发现在 Y:Sc 比率为 54:46 和 46:54 之间，峰值波长移动了 ∼ 1.6 nm，并证实了峰值位置与主成分晶格常数的线性关系。在激光实验中，我们在波长为 975 nm 的光泵浦半导体激光器（OPSL）的泵浦下获得了高效的连续波激光运行，在波长为 1037 nm 和 1086 nm 的激光波段，斜率效率高达 89%，光对光效率超过 80%。

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Optical Materials Express MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-OPTICS

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

3.60%

发文量

377

审稿时长

1.5 months

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