Laser operation of a Tm:Y2O3 planar waveguide.

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Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.

Published: May 2013

We demonstrate the first Tm-doped yttria planar waveguide laser to our knowledge, grown by pulsed laser deposition. A maximum output power of 35 mW at 1.95 μm with 9% slope efficiency was achieved from a 12 μm-thick film grown on a Y(3)Al(5)O(12) substrate.

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