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Efficient Broadly Tunable Waveguide Lasers in Yb3+ -CaF2 Produced by Deep Diamond Saw Dicing

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Publication Date2021-01-01
JournalConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
AuthorsPavel Loiko, Ludovic Gauthier‐Manuel, Gurvan Brasse, Alain Braud, Abdelmjid Benayad
InstitutionsCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur

High-aspect-ratio ridge waveguides (propagation losses: 0.13±0.05 dB/cm) were fabricated in Yb 3+ :CaF2 by diamond-saw-dicing. The waveguide laser generated 723 mW at 1029-1051 nm with a slope efficiency of 76.0%; wavelength tuning between 1009-1072 nm was achieved.