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Chinese Optics Letters
Vol. 14, Issue 2, 021406 (2016)

Anisotropy of laser emission in monoclinic Nd:ScYSiO₅ crystals cut along the optical indicatrix axes

Shande Liu^1、*, Lihe Zheng², Jun Xu², Yuping Zhang¹, Huiyun Zhang¹, Dehua Li¹, Tingqi Ren^1、**, Baitao Zhang³, and Jingliang He³

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¹College of Electronic, Communication and Physics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China

²Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai 200050, China

³State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Ji’nan 250100, China

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DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.021406 Cite this Article Set citation alerts

Shande Liu, Lihe Zheng, Jun Xu, Yuping Zhang, Huiyun Zhang, Dehua Li, Tingqi Ren, Baitao Zhang, Jingliang He. Anisotropy of laser emission in monoclinic Nd:ScYSiO₅ crystals cut along the optical indicatrix axes[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(2): 021406 Copy Citation Text

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Schematic arrangement of the experimental laser setup.

Fig. 1. Schematic arrangement of the experimental laser setup.

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Relationships between the principal axes (X,Y,Z) and the crystallographic axes (a,b,c): βaY=24.5° and βcZ=11.8°.

Fig. 2. Relationships between the principal axes (X,Y,Z) and the crystallographic axes (a,b,c): βaY=24.5° and βcZ=11.8°.

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Fig. 3. Room temperature absorption spectra for the X-, Y-, and Z-cut Nd:SYSO crystals.

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Fig. 4. Polarized emission cross-section spectra for the X-, Y-, and Z-cut Nd:SYSO crystals.

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Fig. 5. Average output power with respect to the absorbed pump power.

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Fig. 6. Laser spectra of Nd:SYSO crystals obtained with different conditions.

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Peak Wavelength (nm)	XPolarization ( $10^{- 20} {cm}^{2}$ )	YPolarization ( $10^{- 20} {cm}^{2}$ )	ZPolarization ( $10^{- 20} {cm}^{2}$ )
1074.2	9.98	10.00	9.25
1077.3	10.46	8.76	9.37

Table 1. Polarized Emission Cross Section for F3/24→4I11/2 Transition Around 1.08 μm

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Transmittance (%)	Crystal Orientation	Pump Threshold (W)	Max. Output ( $W^{'}$ )	Slope Efficiency(%)
5	X	0.76	7.07	53.6
	Y	0.43	9.43	51.3
	Z	0.53	8.43	55.9
10	X	1.14	6.86	53.3
	Y	0.55	9.30	51.3
	Z	0.55	8.34	55.9
40	X	4.41	3.05	32.6
	Y	2.69	5.35	33.3
	Z	2.67	5.29	39.3

Table 2. Laser Performance of Nd:SYSO Crystals With Different Orientations

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Shande Liu, Lihe Zheng, Jun Xu, Yuping Zhang, Huiyun Zhang, Dehua Li, Tingqi Ren, Baitao Zhang, Jingliang He. Anisotropy of laser emission in monoclinic Nd:ScYSiO₅ crystals cut along the optical indicatrix axes[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(2): 021406

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