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Lasing Yb3+ in crystals with a wavelength dependence anisotropy displayed from La2CaB10O19

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We report spectroscopic and laser properties for propagation directions outside the principal axes of Yb3+-doped low symmetry laser crystals with a special devotion to the wavelength dependence anisotropy. We illustrate our report with experimental data in the 900–1075 nm range of wavelengths from the Yb3+:La2CaB10O19 monoclinic crystal excited under laser diode pumping at 975 nm. This study, which makes easier the realization of Yb3+ lasers with an efficient free-running operation at the wavelength having the highest emission intensity or at a specified wavelength, or emitting two frequencies with a specified frequency difference, is of promising interest for applications.

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This work was partially supported by the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche (Grant No. BLAN06-1_140754) and by the National Basic Research Project of China (No. 2010CB630701).

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  1. Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Luminescents, CNRS UMR 5620, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 10 rue Ada Byron, 69622, Villeurbanne, France

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  2. Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physical Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China

    Y. Wu, J. Zhang & Y. Wu

  3. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Y. Wu

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Brenier, A., Wu, Y., Zhang, J. et al. Lasing Yb3+ in crystals with a wavelength dependence anisotropy displayed from La2CaB10O19 . Appl. Phys. B 107, 59–65 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4852-1

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