Growth, spectroscopic characterization, and laser performance of Nd:LuVO_4, a new infrared laser material that is suitable for diode pumping

Maunier, C.; Doualan, J.L.; Moncorgé, R.; Speghini, Adolfo; Bettinelli, Marco; Cavalli, E.

doi:10.1364/josab.19.001794

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“…Compared with Nd:YVO 4 , Nd:LuVO 4 is an attractive and very efficient laser material for LD pumping and has been receiving considerable attention in recent years [15][16][17]. The substitution of lutetium ions for yttrium in the host materials has already proved to be beneficial in a number of circumstances [16].…”

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Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO₄ crystal

Ran

Xia

Sun

et al. 2007

Cryst. Res. Technol.

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A Nd-doped lutetium orthovanadate Nd:LuVO 4 crystal has been grown using a modified Czochralski method. The thermal properties of this crystal have been studied by measuring the thermal expansion, specific heat and thermal diffusivity. The thermal expansion coefficients are α 11 = 1.7 × 10 -6, α 22 = 1.5 × 10 -6 and α 33 = 9.1 × 10 -6 /K in the temperature range of 298-573 K along the three respective crystallographic axes. The specific heat is almost linear and increases from 0.442 to 0.498 Jg -1 K-1 in the measured temperature range. The thermal diffusivity is anisotropic and decreases with increasing temperature from 295 to 548 K. At room temperature the calculated thermal conductivities κ 11 and κ 33 are 7.96 and 9.77 Wm, respectively. These thermal parameters of Nd:LuVO 4 crystal have indicated that it is an excellent candidate laser material.

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“…The substitution of lutetium ions for yttrium in the host materials has already proved to be beneficial in a number of circumstances [16]. Nd:LuVO 4 crystal as a new laser material was reported by C. Maunier et al in 2002 [16], which was grown by the spontaneous nucleation method from a Pb 2 V 2 O 7 flux.…”

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Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO₄ crystal

Ran

Xia

Sun

et al. 2007

Cryst. Res. Technol.

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“…Neodymium (Nd)-doped vanadate crystals, just like Nd:YVO 4 [412] and Nd:LuVO 4 [13,14] have been proved to be excellent laser materials. In this paper, two composite multi-segmented Nd:YVO 4 /Nd:YVO 4 /Nd:YVO 4 crystals with increasingly Nd-doped concentrations the rst segment Nd(0.1 at.%):YVO 4 being just like an undoped component were employed to reduce the thermal eect.…”

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Investigations and Comparisons of Active Q-Switching Laser Performances of Composite and Conventional Nd:YVO₄Crystals with Electro-Optic Modulator

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Li²,

Zhao³

et al. 2015

Acta Phys. Pol. A

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Actively Q-switched laser performances of composite and conventional Nd:YVO4 crystals were investigated and compared with dierent Nd-doped concentrations of laser media and dierent repetition rates of electro-optic modulator. Both continuous-wave and actively Q-switched operations were realized experimentally. At an incident pump power of 7.69 W, the shortest pulse duration of 6.5 ns was obtained by the composite Nd(0.1 at.%):YVO4/Nd(0.3 at.%):YVO4/Nd(0.8 at.%):YVO4 crystal at the repetition rate f = 2 kHz. However, the composite Nd(0.1 at.%):YVO4/Nd(0.5 at.%):YVO4/Nd(1.0 at.%):YVO4 laser achieved the maximum average output power of 687 mW at f = 10 kHz and the largest single pulse energy of 144 µJ at f = 2 kHz. Power saturation of the conventional Nd:YVO4 crystal was shown during experiment, while no power saturation was observed on the composite Nd:YVO4crystals, showing good thermo-mechanical performances.

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“…Another vanadate crystal, Nd:GdVO 4 , which was confirmed to be superior to Nd:YVO 4 in thermal properties, was also investigated extensively. Recently another member from the vanadate family, Nd:LuVO 4 , has attracted much attention because its larger absorption and emission cross sections than Nd:YVO 4 and Nd:GdVO 4 [1]. Moreover, Nd:LuVO 4 crystal has a high damage threshold, and it is easy to process [2].…”

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Quasi-three-level Nd:LuVO₄laser under diode pumping directly into the emitting level

Xia

Zhang

2010

Laser Phys. Lett.

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We describe the output performances of the 916 nm 4F3/2 → 4I9/2 transition in Nd:LuVO4 under in‐band pumping with diode laser at the 880 nm wavelength, directly into the 4F3/2 emitting level. An end‐pumped Nd:LuVO4 crystal yielded 11.7 W of continuous‐wave output power for 23.5 W of absorbed pump power. The slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power was 66.6%. Furthermore, 5.9 W 458 nm deep‐blue light was acquired by frequency doubling, resulting in an opticalto‐optical efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power of 25.1%. Comparative results obtained for the pump with diode laser at 809 nm, into the highly‐absorbing 4F5/2 level, are given in order to prove the advantages of the in‐band pumping. (© 2010 by Astro Ltd., Published exclusively by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA)

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Growth, spectroscopic characterization, and laser performance of Nd:LuVO_4, a new infrared laser material that is suitable for diode pumping

Cited by 195 publications

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Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO₄ crystal

Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO₄ crystal

Investigations and Comparisons of Active Q-Switching Laser Performances of Composite and Conventional Nd:YVO₄Crystals with Electro-Optic Modulator

Quasi-three-level Nd:LuVO₄laser under diode pumping directly into the emitting level

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Growth, spectroscopic characterization, and laser performance of Nd:LuVO_4, a new infrared laser material that is suitable for diode pumping

Cited by 195 publications

References 27 publications

Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO4 crystal

Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO4 crystal

Investigations and Comparisons of Active Q-Switching Laser Performances of Composite and Conventional Nd:YVO4Crystals with Electro-Optic Modulator

Quasi-three-level Nd:LuVO4laser under diode pumping directly into the emitting level

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Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO₄ crystal

Thermal properties of a Nd:LuVO₄ crystal

Investigations and Comparisons of Active Q-Switching Laser Performances of Composite and Conventional Nd:YVO₄Crystals with Electro-Optic Modulator

Quasi-three-level Nd:LuVO₄laser under diode pumping directly into the emitting level