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Comparative study on the laser performance of two Yb-doped disordered garnet crystals: Yb:CNGG and Yb:CLNGG

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Continuous-wave (CW) and passively Q-switching laser performance of the Yb:CNGG and Yb:CLNGG disordered garnet crystals are compared. CW output powers of 6.3 and 7.5 W are generated from the Yb:CNGG and Yb:CLNGG lasers, with slope efficiencies measured to be 63 and 74 %, respectively. In passively Q-switched operation, the average output power reaches 2.0 and 3.1 W, with slope efficiencies of 56 and 65 %, for the Yb:CNGG and Yb:CLNGG lasers, respectively. Laser pulses of 9.5 ns in duration are generated with the two Yb lasers, with the highest pulse energy and peak power amounting to 166.7 μJ and 17.5 kW for the Yb:CNGG laser, and 133.0 μJ and 14.0 kW for the Yb:CLNGG laser. In respects of efficient laser operation and power scaling, the Yb:CLNGG proves to be advantageous over Yb:CNGG, whereas the Yb:CNGG is superior to Yb:CLNGG in energy storage capacity.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 60978023).

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  1. College of Physics, Qingdao University, Ning-Xia Road 308, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Junhai Liu, Yong Wan, Zhichao Zhou, Xueping Tian & Wenjuan Han

  2. Key Laboratory of Photonics Materials and Technology in Universities of Shandong, Qingdao University, Ning-Xia Road 308, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Junhai Liu, Zhichao Zhou, Xueping Tian & Wenjuan Han

  3. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China

    Huaijin Zhang

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Liu, J., Wan, Y., Zhou, Z. et al. Comparative study on the laser performance of two Yb-doped disordered garnet crystals: Yb:CNGG and Yb:CLNGG. Appl. Phys. B 109, 183–188 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-5212-5

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