We report on a high-power continuous-wave (CW) laser at 2.8 µm employing erbium (Er)-doped fluorite crystals as gain materials. With an optimized Er ion concentration, thin "slab" geometry of the sample matching with the tailored pump beam profile and compensated negative thermal lens using a pair of concave mirrors cavity configuration, a highest power of 14.5 W is achieved from a dual-end-pumped Er:CaF laser, which, to the best of our knowledge, presents the record power from the room-temperature Er-bulk lasers in the 3-µm spectral range. In addition, 8.05 W output power is obtained from the Er:SrF laser with an RMS power stability of 0.35%. This work indicates that Er-doped fluorite crystals with large-scale available fabrication are promising candidates for high-power laser emission at ∼3 µm.
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