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High-efficiency broadband (> 210 nm) in-band pumped Tm:LuGGG solid-state laser

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Here, we demonstrate a broadband tunable (Lu0.0541Tm0.0548Gd0.8911)3Ga3O12 (Tm:LuGGG) laser in-band pumped by a homemade 1645-nm Er:YAG laser. A maximum average output power of 0.7 W at 1997 nm is obtained with a slope efficiency of 46.3%. We also demonstrate a continuously tuning output ranging from1854 to 2066 nm with a tuning coverage of 212 nm. The results indicate that the Tm:LuGGG crystal is an excellent laser medium for high-efficient broadband light generation, which may help to explore potential applications in ultrafast lasers.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (62175133), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2020MF115), and the SDUST Research Fund (skr21-3-049, 2019TDJH103).

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  1. College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China

    Ning Zhang, Peifu Wang, Bo Chen & Shande Liu

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Ning Zhang, Zhanxin Wang & Yongguang Zhao

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

    Zhitai Jia & Baitao Zhang

  4. Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, 02150, Espoo, Finland

    Shande Liu & Zhipei Sun

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Ning Zhang: Experiment, Writing-Original Draft, Writing-Review & Editing; Ning Zhang, Peifu Wang and Bo Chen: Laser experiment, Methodology, Investigation; Zhanxin Wang, Shande Liu and Yongguang Zhao: Experiment, prepared figures, analysis; Zhitai Jia and Baitao Zhang: Materials analysis and processing; Shande Liu and Zhipei Sun: Conceptualization, Writing-Original Draft, Writing-Review & editing, Supervision; All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Zhang, N., Wang, P., Chen, B. et al. High-efficiency broadband (> 210 nm) in-band pumped Tm:LuGGG solid-state laser. Appl. Phys. B 128, 128 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-022-07852-5

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