Ho:KY(WO) thin-disk laser passively Q-switched by a GaSb-based SESAM.

A Holmium thin-disk laser based on a 3 at.% Ho:KY(WO) / KY(WO) epitaxy and single-bounce pumping by a 1960 nm Tm-fiber laser is passively Q-switched with a GaSb-based quantum-well semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. It generates an average output power of 551 mW at 2056 nm with a slope efficiency of 44% (with respect to the absorbed pump power).

Holmium thin-disk laser based on Ho:KY(WO)/KY(WO) epitaxy with 60% slope efficiency and simplified pump geometry.

We report on the first holmium (Ho) monoclinic double tungstate thin-disk laser. It is based on a 250 μm thick 3 at. % Ho:KY(WO) active layer grown on a (010)-oriented KY(WO) substrate.

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation to 12.5μm in large NA chalcogenide step-index fibres pumped at 4.5μm.

We present numerical modeling of mid-infrared (MIR) supercontinuum generation (SCG) in dispersion-optimized chalcogenide (CHALC) step-index fibres (SIFs) with exceptionally high numerical aperture (NA) around one, pumped with mode-locked praseodymium-doped (Pr(3+)) chalcogenide fibre lasers. The 4.5um laser is assumed to have a repetition rate of 4MHz with 50ps long pulses having a peak power of 4.

Q-switched Ho:Lu2O3 laser at 2.12 μm.

We report on a Q-switched Ho:Lu2O3 laser resonantly pumped by a GaSb-based laser diode stack at 1.9 μm. The maximum output energy extracted from the compact plano-plano acousto-optically Q-switched resonator was 8 mJ at a 100 Hz pulse repetition rate, while the peak power was 40 kW.

Holmium-doped Lu2O3, Y2O3, and Sc2O3 for lasers above 2.1 μm.

Efficient room-temperature laser operation was obtained in the wavelength range from 2117 nm to 2134 nm with Ho:Lu(2)O(3) and Ho:Y(2)O(3) as the active materials. With an FBG-stabilized Tm-doped fiber laser as the pump source, the maximum slope efficiency and output power of the Ho:Y(2)O(3) laser were 63% and 18.8 W, respectively.

Directly diode-pumped high-energy Ho:YAG oscillator.

We report on the high-energy laser operation of an Ho:YAG oscillator resonantly pumped by a GaSb-based laser diode stack at 1.9 μm. The output energy was extracted from a compact plano-concave acousto-optically Q-switched resonator optimized for low repetition rates.

Efficient diode-pumped laser operation of Tm:Lu2O3 around 2 μm.

We report on the first diode-pumped laser operation of thulium-doped Lu2O3. With a very compact setup an output power of 75 W and slope efficiencies of around 40% with respect to the incident pump power were achieved at room temperature. Free running laser operation was observed at wavelengths of 2065 nm and 1965 nm.