Growth and Spectral Assessment of Yb3+-Doped KBaGd(MoO4)3 Crystal: A Candidate for Ultrashort Pulse and Tunable Lasers
Author(s) -
Yi Yu,
Yisheng Huang,
Lizhen Zhang,
Zhoubin Lin,
Guofu Wang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0054450
Subject(s) - laser , materials science , ultrashort pulse , crystal (programming language) , ti:sapphire laser , ultrashort pulse laser , optoelectronics , absorption (acoustics) , diode , doping , optics , pulse (music) , absorption spectroscopy , tunable laser , physics , wavelength , detector , computer science , composite material , programming language
In order to explore new more powerful ultrashort pulse laser and tunable laser for diode-pumping, this paper reports the growth and spectral assessment of Yb 3+ -doped KBaGd(MoO 4 ) 3 crystal. An Yb 3+ :KBaGd(MoO 4 ) 3 crystal with dimensions of 50×40×9 mm 3 was grown by the TSSG method from the K 2 Mo 2 O 7 flux. The investigated spectral properties indicated that Yb 3+ :KBaGd(MoO 4 ) 3 crystal exhibits broad absorption and emission bands, except the large emission and gain cross-sections. This feature of the broad absorption and emission bands is not only suitable for the diode pumping, but also for the production of ultrashort pulses and tunability. Therefore, Yb 3+ :KBaGd(MoO 4 ) 3 crystal can be regarded as a candidate for the ultrashort pulse and tunable lasers.
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