Dependence of the Yb3+ emission cross section and lifetime on temperature and concentration in yttrium aluminum garnet

    Authors

    J. Dong; M. Bass; Y. L. Mao; P. Z. Deng;F. X. Gan

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

    Keywords

    SOLID-STATE LASERS; YAG LASER; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; Optics

    Abstract

    Measurements are reported of the spectroscopic properties (absorption and emission spectra, stimulated-emission cross section, and radiative lifetime) of (YbxY1-x)(3)Al5O12 for nominal x values of 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 at temperatures of 15-300 K. The emission cross sections of Yb:YAG with different Yb 31 concentrations were determined by use of the Fuchtbauer-Ladenburg formula and the reciprocity method. At low temperatures, the product (sigmatau) of the effective stimulated-emission cross section and the radiative lifetime is greater than at room temperature for all concentrations. Product sigmatau is nearly independent of Yb3+ concentration at a given temperature. These results will aid in the design of high-power thin disk lasers by use of highly doped Yb:YAG. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

    Volume

    20

    Issue/Number

    9

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1975

    Last Page

    1979

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000185182000023

    ISSN

    0740-3224

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