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Chin. Phys. B, 2023, Vol. 32(3): 034203    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/aca4c0
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Mid-infrared lightly Er3+-doped CaF2 laser under acousto-optical modulation

Yuan-Hao Zhao(赵元昊)1,†, Meng-Yu Zong(宗梦雨)1,†, Jia-Hao Dong(董佳昊)1, Zhen Zhang(张振)2, Jing-Jing Liu(刘晶晶)1,‡, Jie Liu(刘杰)1,§, and Liang-Bi Su(苏良碧)2
1 Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations&Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Ji'nan 250358, China;
2 State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
Abstract  A 1.7-at.% Er:CaF2 crystal was synthesized by temperature gradient method. The Er:CaF2 crystal was applied in acousto-optically Q-switched laser at mid-infrared region for the first time. Using a TeO2-based crystal as Q-switcher, we obtained a laser diode (LD) end-pumped Er:CaF2 laser with the highest single pulse energy up to 0.49 mJ and maximum peak power of 0.56 kW under 6.34-W absorbed pump power. The implication of these results is that the low-doped Er:CaF2 crystal exhibits promising optical properties in solid-state lasers.
Keywords:  mid-infrared laser      Er:CaF2 laser      acousto-optical modulation  
Received:  27 September 2022      Revised:  14 November 2022      Accepted manuscript online:  22 November 2022
PACS:  42.55.Xi (Diode-pumped lasers)  
  42.60.Gd (Q-switching)  
  42.60.Pk (Continuous operation)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11974220, 61925508, 61905265, and 12104271), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant Nos. ZR2021LLZ008 and ZR2021QA030), the Fund from Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. 20511107400), and CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team (Grant No. JCTD-2019-12).
Corresponding Authors:  Jing-Jing Liu, Jie Liu     E-mail:  jingjingliu@sdnu.edu.cn;jieliu@sdnu.edu.cn

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Yuan-Hao Zhao(赵元昊), Meng-Yu Zong(宗梦雨), Jia-Hao Dong(董佳昊), Zhen Zhang(张振), Jing-Jing Liu(刘晶晶), Jie Liu(刘杰), and Liang-Bi Su(苏良碧) Mid-infrared lightly Er3+-doped CaF2 laser under acousto-optical modulation 2023 Chin. Phys. B 32 034203

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