Efficient channel waveguide lasers based on thulium-doped double tungstates

Koop van Dalfsen, S. Aravazhi, D. Geskus, Sonia Maria García Blanco, Kerstin Worhoff, Markus Pollnau

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    Abstract

    Monoclinic double tungstates, KY(WO4)2 (= KYW), co-doped with Gd3+, Lu3+and various Tm3+ concentrations of 1.5 - 8.0% were grown onto pure KYW substrates by liquid-phase epitaxy. Ridge-type channel waveguides were microstructured 1.5 μm deep by Ar+-beam milling and overgrown with pure KYW. Lifetime measurements on the upper laser level (3F4) were performed for the different concentrations. Laser experiments on the 1.5% Tm3+-doped channel waveguides revealed slope efficiencies as high as 31.5% and output powers up to 149 mW. Through measurements of the laser relaxation-oscillation frequency, an upper value of ~0.11 dB/cm for the waveguide propagation loss at the laser wavelength was determined.
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    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2011 Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter
    Place of PublicationGhent, Belgium
    PublisherDepartment of Information Technology, Ghent University
    Pages25-28
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)978-90-76546-00-1
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2011
    Event16th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter 2011 - Ghent, Belgium
    Duration: 1 Dec 20112 Dec 2011
    Conference number: 16
    http://www.photonics-benelux.org/symp11/

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    PublisherDepartment of Information Technology, Ghent University

    Conference

    Conference16th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter 2011
    Country/TerritoryBelgium
    CityGhent
    Period1/12/112/12/11
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    Keywords

    • METIS-285002
    • EWI-21271
    • IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices
    • IR-79365

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