Open AccessTemperature dependent emission and absorption cross section of Yb^3+ doped yttrium lanthanum oxide (YLO) ceramic and its application in diode pumped amplifier
Author(s) -
Saumyabrata Banerjee,
Jöerg Koerner,
Mathias Siebold,
Qiuhong Yang,
Klaus Ertel,
Paul Mason,
Jonathan Phillips,
Markus Loeser,
Haojia Zhang,
Shenzhou Lu,
Joachim Hein,
U. Schramm,
Malte C. Kaluza,
John Collier
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.21.00a726
Subject(s) - materials science , yttrium , ceramic , lanthanum , absorption cross section , amplifier , ytterbium , lanthanum oxide , doping , diode , laser , optics , optoelectronics , absorption (acoustics) , oxide , analytical chemistry (journal) , cross section (physics) , inorganic chemistry , physics , chemistry , cmos , quantum mechanics , chromatography , metallurgy , composite material
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.