New laser crystals for the generation of ultrashort pulses

F Druon, F Balembois, P Georges - Comptes Rendus Physique, 2007 - Elsevier
Since the beginning of the 1990s, titanium sapphire has become the crystal of choice for the
development of ultrashort laser systems producing very short and powerful pulses using the …

Diode-pumped Yb:Sr3Y(BO3)3 femtosecond laser

F Druon, S Chenais, P Raybaut, F Balembois… - Optics letters, 2002 - opg.optica.org
We have developed a diode-pumped Yb^ 3+: Sr_3YBO_3_3 (Yb: BOYS) laser generating
69-fs pulses, at a central wavelength of 1062 nm. This laser is mode locked by use of a …

Determination of laser parameters of ytterbium-doped oxide crystalline materials

PH Haumesser, R Gaumé, B Viana, D Vivien - JOSA B, 2002 - opg.optica.org
Spectroscopic and laser properties at∼ 1 μm of seven new ytterbium-doped crystalline
materials—silicates Y_2SiO_5, Ca_2Al_2SiO_7, SrY_4 (SiO_4) _3O, borates Ca_3Y_2 …

Thermal lensing in diode-pumped ytterbium lasers-Part I: theoretical analysis and wavefront measurements

S Chénais, F Balembois, F Druon… - IEEE Journal of …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A theoretical and experimental study of thermal lensing in Yb-doped crystals is presented. In
this first part, we focus on theoretical considerations and we describe an original technique …

High-power tunable diode-pumped Yb3+:CaF2 laser

A Lucca, M Jacquemet, F Druon, F Balembois… - Optics Letters, 2004 - opg.optica.org
Results of diode-pumped cw laser operation of an Yb^ 3+: CaF_2 single crystal are reported
for what is to our knowledge the first time. With a 5-at.?% Yb^ 3+-doped sample we obtained …

Realization of Enlarged Birefringence from BaCdBe2(BO3)2F2 to NaMgBe2(BO3)2F via the Cation Size Effect as a Potential Deep-Ultraviolet Birefringent …

R Guo, X Jiang, S Guo, M Xia, L Liu, Z Lin… - Inorganic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Birefringence, as one of the most important factors for birefringent materials, governs their
performances in applications. In this study, two previously unreported beryllium borates …

Structural and spectral studies of Ce3+ doped Sr3Y(BO3)3 nano phosphors prepared by combustion synthesis

SP Hargunani, RP Sonekar, A Singh… - Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, a series of Ce3+ activated Sr3Y (BO3) 3 phosphors were synthesized by the
solution combustion method. The synthesized phosphors were characterized via X-ray …

Multitype Quantum Well Semiconductor Membrane External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers for Widely Tunable Continuous Wave Operation

P Rajala, P Tatar-Mathes, HM Phung, J Koskinen… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Membrane external-cavity surface-emitting lasers (MECSELs) represent a cutting-edge
approach in pushing the performance boundaries of vertically emitting semiconductor …

Z-scan measurements of the nonlinear refractive indices of novel Yb-doped laser crystal hosts

A Major, JS Aitchison, PWE Smith, F Druon… - Applied Physics B, 2005 - Springer
We report on the z-scan characterization of the nonlinear refractive indices of three borate
crystals (GdCOB, YCOB, and BOYS), which are new promising Yb-doped laser hosts. The …

Optimization of fluxes for Yb 3+: YMgB 5 O 10 crystal growth and intense multi-wavelength emission characteristics in spectra and laser performances

S Sun, B Li, F Lou, X Shi, W Chen, F Yuan… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Yb3+-doped YMgB5O10 (Yb: YMB) crystals with better crystalline quality were grown
successfully using the optimized flux of Li2O–B2O3–LiF instead of the traditional K2O3 …