Potassium yttrium tungstate crystals (KYW) with 10% thulium content were grown by the modified Czochralski technique from solution in K/sub 2/W/sub 2/O/sub 7/ melt. For gain measurements the facets of a 10%Tm:KYW plate were AR coated at both pump and probe beam wavelengths. The output of free-running Nd:YAG laser was focused by lens at the aperture (309 /spl mu/m in diameter) which was transmitting 85% of the pump, and the sample was maintained just behind the aperture. The photon avalanche efficiency is proven to be rather high (/spl eta/>0.7) up to the population of /sup 3/F/sub 4 /manifold N/sub 2//spl sim/2N which allows lasing at /spl sim/1.9 /spl mu/m. Due to a low threshold of photon avalanche, Tm:KYW and Tm:Yb:KYW crystals can be excited heavily with emission of high power laser diodes at /spl sim/1.06 /spl mu/m.


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    Title :

    Measurement of gain and evaluation of photon avalanche efficiency in 10%Tm:KY(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ crystal pumped by free-running Nd:YAG laser


    Contributors:
    Vatnik, S. (author) / Balashov, E. (author) / Pavljuk, A. (author) / Golikova, E. (author) / Lyutetskiy, A. (author)


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Size :

    57954 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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