Waveguide Tm:Lu2O3 ceramic laser fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription

Neil Kenneth Stevenson; James Morris; Henry Bookey; Ajoy K. Kar; Christian Thomas Alcuin Brown; John-Mark Hopkins; Martin D.  Dawson; Alexander A. Lagatsky

doi:10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086975

Waveguide Tm:Lu₂O₃ ceramic laser fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription

Neil Kenneth Stevenson, James Morris, Henry Bookey, Ajoy K. Kar, Christian Thomas Alcuin Brown, John-Mark Hopkins, Martin D. Dawson, Alexander A. Lagatsky

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Summary form only given. Ultrafast laser inscription (ULI) allows the fabrication of compact, highly-efficient and robust laser sources over a broad range of crystalline, ceramic and glass gain media. For instance, subsurface waveguides can be formed by the stress induced refractive index modification effect which takes place between two parallel modified regions referred to as “Type II” guiding [1]. Previously, a family of laser hosts known as sesquioxides, namely Lu₂O₃, Sc₂O₃ and LuScO₃, have been shown to demonstrate efficient, high-power and tunable laser operation around the 2 μm region in both continuous-wave and pulsed regimes when doped with Tm³+ [2, 3]. Combining the Tm³⁺-doped sesquioxide material properties with the ULI waveguide laser geometry provides a means to produce compact, low-threshold and efficient laser sources near 2 μm with the potential for high pulse repetition rate ultrafast operation. Here we report, to the best of our knowledge, the first demonstration of a ceramic Tm:Lu₂O₃ waveguide laser source fabricated by ULI.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509067367
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086975
Publication status	Published - 30 Oct 2017
Event	Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference - ICM Centre of the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich, Germany Duration: 25 Jun 2017 → 29 Jun 2017 http://www.cleoeurope.org/

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Conference	Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference
Abbreviated title	CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2017
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	25/06/17 → 29/06/17
Internet address	http://www.cleoeurope.org/

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High Power, Mid- and Deep Infrared: High Power, Mid- and Deep-infrared Frequency Combs
Brown, C. T. A. (PI)
Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd
27/09/15 → 26/09/19
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Stevenson, N. K., Morris, J., Bookey, H., Kar, A. K., Brown, C. T. A., Hopkins, J.-M., Dawson, M. D., & Lagatsky, A. A. (2017). Waveguide Tm:Lu₂O₃ ceramic laser fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription. In 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) Article 8086975 IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2017.8086975

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