• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 8, 20210336 (2021)
Mengyu Zong1, Zhen Zhang2, Jingjing Liu1, Jie Liu1, and Liangbi Su2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shandong Provincial Engineering and Technical Center of Light Manipulations & Shandong Provincial, Key Laboratory of Optics and Photonic Device, School of Physics and Electronics, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
  • 2Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20210336 Cite this Article
    Mengyu Zong, Zhen Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Jie Liu, Liangbi Su. LD pumped high-power mid-infrared solid state lasers based on 1.3at.%Er3+: CaF2 crystal (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210336 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Room temperature absorption coefficient and (b) fluorescence spectrum of 1.3at.% Er3+:CaF2
    Fig. 1. (a) Room temperature absorption coefficient and (b) fluorescence spectrum of 1.3at.% Er3+:CaF2
    Schematic and experiment set up of the laser
    Fig. 2. Schematic and experiment set up of the laser
    (a) Output power pumped by 973 nm LD, (b) laser spectrum pumped by 973 nm LD. (c) Output power pumped by 1532 nm LD, (d) laser spectrum pumped by 1532 nm LD
    Fig. 3. (a) Output power pumped by 973 nm LD, (b) laser spectrum pumped by 973 nm LD. (c) Output power pumped by 1532 nm LD, (d) laser spectrum pumped by 1532 nm LD
    M2 values, insert: two-dimensional light intensity distribution
    Fig. 4. M2 values, insert: two-dimensional light intensity distribution
    Energy level diagram of Er3+ ion
    Fig. 5. Energy level diagram of Er3+ ion
    CrystalConcentration/at.%LD/nmOutput power/WYear
    Er:BaY2F820967 end pump0.251996[17]
    Er:YLF415970 end pump1.11996[18]
    Er:YLF415980 side pump42003[19]
    Er:SrF25970 end pump22006[20]
    Er:CaF24/8974 end pump0.282/0.1122016[7]
    Er:SrF23969 end pump1.32018[21]
    Er:CaF2-SrF23980 end pump1.412019[22]
    Er:CaF21.3973 end pump2.2Our work
    Table 1. Summary of near 3 μm CW laser performance of LD pumped Er-doped fluoride crystals
    Mengyu Zong, Zhen Zhang, Jingjing Liu, Jie Liu, Liangbi Su. LD pumped high-power mid-infrared solid state lasers based on 1.3at.%Er3+: CaF2 crystal (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(8): 20210336
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