High power diode pumped Yb3+:CaGdAlO4 laser

Justine Boudeile (1) , Julien Didierjean (1) , François Balembois (1) , Frédéric Druon (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , Johan Petit (2) , Philippe Goldner (2) , Bruno Viana (2)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa
2 LCMCP (site Paris VI) - Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (site Paris VI)

We study the performance of Yb3+:CaGdAlO4under 100W diode pumping with a standard laser design. We also investigate the laser properties of Yb3+:CaGdAlO4for different doping in order to optimize the absorption and wavelength tunability.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Justine Boudeile, Julien Didierjean, François Balembois, Frédéric Druon, Patrick Georges, et al.. High power diode pumped Yb3+:CaGdAlO4 laser. Advanced Solid-State Photonics, Jan 2008, Nara, Japan. ⟨hal-00808711⟩