Visible laser emission from a praseodymium-doped fluorozirconate guided-wave chip.

We report visible continuous-wave laser emission at 636 nm from a praseodymium-doped fluorozirconate glass guided-wave chip laser. This ultra-fast laser inscribed gain chip is demonstrated to be a compact and integrated laser module. The laser module, pumped by 442 nm GaN laser diodes, generates >8  mW lasing output with a beam quality of Mxy2∼1.