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Spectroscopic properties and laser performance of resonantly-pumped cryo-cooled Er³⁺:GdVO₄
N Ter-Gabrielyan1, V Fromzel, W Ryba-Romanowski
1US Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Rd., Adelphi, MD 20783, USA. nikolay.e.tergabrielyan.civ@mail.mil
Abstract:
We report a highly efficient cryo-cooled eye-safe laser operation of a resonantly-pumped (in-band) Er³⁺:GdVO₄ single crystal. The maximum continuous wave (CW) power of 10.3 W with 84% slope efficiency was achieved at 1598.7 with pumping at 1538.6 nm by a spectrally-narrowed Er-fiber laser. Under the 1529 nm resonant pumping by a commercially available diode bar stack operating in a quasi-CW (QCW) mode, the laser delivered 37 W of output power with 68% slope efficiency. This is believed to be the first reported cryo-cooled Er³⁺:GdVO₄ laser, resonantly-pumped into the ⁴I₁₅/₂ →⁴I₁₃/₂ transition.
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