Low threshold monocrystalline Nd:(Gd,Lu)2O3 channel waveguide laser

Andreas Kahn; Sebastian Heinrich; Henning Kühn; Klaus Petermann; Jonathan D.B. Bradley; Kerstin Wörhoff; Markus Pollnau; Günther Huber

doi:10.1364/OE.17.004412

Low threshold monocrystalline Nd:(Gd,Lu)₂O₃ channel waveguide laser

Andreas Kahn, Sebastian Heinrich, Henning Kühn, Klaus Petermann, Jonathan D.B. Bradley, Kerstin Wörhoff, Markus Pollnau, Günther Huber

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

22 Citations (Scopus)

127 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

We report the first waveguide laser based on a rare-earth-doped sesquioxide. A 2 μm thick lattice matched Nd(0.5%):(Gd, Lu)2O3 film with a nearly atomically flat surface has been epitaxially grown on a Y2O3 substrate, using pulsed laser deposition. The film has been structured with reactive ion etching and a rib channel waveguide laser has been realized. Laser radiation at 1075 nm and 1079 nm has been observed under 820-nm pumping. The laser possesses a threshold power of about 0.8 mW and a preliminary slope efficiency of 0.5% versus incident pump power. A maximum output power of 1.8 mW has been obtained for 370 mW incident pump power.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4412-4418
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics express
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.004412
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2009

Keywords

IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices
Neodymium
Integrated Optics devices
Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers
Lasers
Channeled
Waveguides

Access to Document

10.1364/OE.17.004412Licence: CC BY

Kahn2009lowFinal published version, 1.21 MBLicence: CC BY

Cite this

@article{0fcf876a46a9446c96d35679dd77ca4a,

title = "Low threshold monocrystalline Nd:(Gd,Lu)2O3 channel waveguide laser",

abstract = "We report the first waveguide laser based on a rare-earth-doped sesquioxide. A 2 μm thick lattice matched Nd(0.5%):(Gd, Lu)2O3 film with a nearly atomically flat surface has been epitaxially grown on a Y2O3 substrate, using pulsed laser deposition. The film has been structured with reactive ion etching and a rib channel waveguide laser has been realized. Laser radiation at 1075 nm and 1079 nm has been observed under 820-nm pumping. The laser possesses a threshold power of about 0.8 mW and a preliminary slope efficiency of 0.5% versus incident pump power. A maximum output power of 1.8 mW has been obtained for 370 mW incident pump power.",

keywords = "IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices, Neodymium, Integrated Optics devices, Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers, Lasers, Channeled, Waveguides",

author = "Andreas Kahn and Sebastian Heinrich and Henning K{\"u}hn and Klaus Petermann and Bradley, {Jonathan D.B.} and Kerstin W{\"o}rhoff and Markus Pollnau and G{\"u}nther Huber",

year = "2009",

month = mar,

day = "4",

doi = "10.1364/OE.17.004412",

language = "English",

volume = "17",

pages = "4412--4418",

journal = "Optics express",

issn = "1094-4087",

publisher = "The Optical Society",

number = "6",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Low threshold monocrystalline Nd:(Gd,Lu)2O3 channel waveguide laser

AU - Kahn, Andreas

AU - Heinrich, Sebastian

AU - Kühn, Henning

AU - Petermann, Klaus

AU - Bradley, Jonathan D.B.

AU - Wörhoff, Kerstin

AU - Pollnau, Markus

AU - Huber, Günther

PY - 2009/3/4

Y1 - 2009/3/4

N2 - We report the first waveguide laser based on a rare-earth-doped sesquioxide. A 2 μm thick lattice matched Nd(0.5%):(Gd, Lu)2O3 film with a nearly atomically flat surface has been epitaxially grown on a Y2O3 substrate, using pulsed laser deposition. The film has been structured with reactive ion etching and a rib channel waveguide laser has been realized. Laser radiation at 1075 nm and 1079 nm has been observed under 820-nm pumping. The laser possesses a threshold power of about 0.8 mW and a preliminary slope efficiency of 0.5% versus incident pump power. A maximum output power of 1.8 mW has been obtained for 370 mW incident pump power.

AB - We report the first waveguide laser based on a rare-earth-doped sesquioxide. A 2 μm thick lattice matched Nd(0.5%):(Gd, Lu)2O3 film with a nearly atomically flat surface has been epitaxially grown on a Y2O3 substrate, using pulsed laser deposition. The film has been structured with reactive ion etching and a rib channel waveguide laser has been realized. Laser radiation at 1075 nm and 1079 nm has been observed under 820-nm pumping. The laser possesses a threshold power of about 0.8 mW and a preliminary slope efficiency of 0.5% versus incident pump power. A maximum output power of 1.8 mW has been obtained for 370 mW incident pump power.

KW - IOMS-APD: Active Photonic Devices

KW - Neodymium

KW - Integrated Optics devices

KW - Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers

KW - Lasers

KW - Channeled

KW - Waveguides

U2 - 10.1364/OE.17.004412

DO - 10.1364/OE.17.004412

M3 - Article

SN - 1094-4087

VL - 17

SP - 4412

EP - 4418

JO - Optics express

JF - Optics express

IS - 6

ER -