Temperature dependent emission and absorption cross section of Yb3+ doped yttrium lanthanum oxide (YLO) ceramic and its application in diode pumped amplifier

Saumyabrata Banerjee; Joerg Koerner; Mathias Siebold; Qiuhong Yang; Klaus Ertel; Paul D Mason; P Jonathan Phillips; Markus Loeser; Haojia Zhang; Shenzhou Lu; Joachim Hein; Ulrich Schramm; Malte C Kaluza; John L Collier

doi:10.1364/OE.21.00A726

Temperature dependent emission and absorption cross section of Yb3+ doped yttrium lanthanum oxide (YLO) ceramic and its application in diode pumped amplifier

Opt Express. 2013 Jul 1:21 Suppl 4:A726-34. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.00A726.

Authors

Saumyabrata Banerjee, Joerg Koerner, Mathias Siebold, Qiuhong Yang, Klaus Ertel, Paul D Mason, P Jonathan Phillips, Markus Loeser, Haojia Zhang, Shenzhou Lu, Joachim Hein, Ulrich Schramm, Malte C Kaluza, John L Collier

PMID: 24104499
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.00A726

Abstract

Temperature dependent absorption and emission cross-sections of 5 at% Yb(3+) doped yttrium lanthanum oxide (Yb:YLO) ceramic between 80K and 300 K are presented. In addition, we report on the first demonstration of ns pulse amplification in Yb:YLO ceramic. A pulse energy of 102 mJ was extracted from a multi-pass amplifier setup. The amplification bandwidth at room temperature confirms the potential of Yb:YLO ceramic for broad bandwidth amplification at cryogenic temperatures.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't