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Thanks to its high emission cross section around 1000 nm, Yb:KYW is a good candidate for laser operation near 1000 nm as shown in our figure of merit. We demonstrated, for the first time to our knowledge, laser operation of Yb:KYW at 1003.4 nm. The single-frequency operation was achieved in a ring oscillator whereas the second harmonic generation in the blue was carried out with a KNbO3 crystal put inside the cavity. More than 500 mW at 1003.4 nm and 35 mW at 501.7 nm were produced simultaneously. This visible wavelength corresponds to an iodine transition previously studied with argon ionized lasers for metrological applications.
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Jacquemet, M., Druon, F., Balembois, F. et al. Single-frequency operation of diode-pumped Yb:KYW at 1003.4 nm and 501.7 nm by intracavity second harmonic generation. Appl. Phys. B 85, 69–72 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-006-2285-z
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