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Neodymium and gadolinium diffusion in yttrium vanadate

Neodymium and gadolinium diffusion in yttrium vanadate
Neodymium and gadolinium diffusion in yttrium vanadate
Lasers based on planar waveguides have recently generated interest for use as scalable high-average-power sources, Here we study the thermal diffusion of Nd3+ and Gd3+ ions in YVO4 in order to obtain the essential diffusion characteristics necessary to calculate the conditions required for fabrication of waveguides suitable for laser action at 1 µm. Nd3+ is studied both for localised doping as the active laser ion and as a potential refractive index modifier. We also choose to study Gd3+ diffusion as an index modifier in order to give the potential for separate control of the index and gain distributions.
gadolinium, laser modes, neodymium, optical planar waveguides, optical pumping, solid lasers, thermal diffusion, waveguide lasers, yttrium compounds
0780371054
Hettrick, S.J.
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Wilkinson, J.S.
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Hettrick, S.J., Wilkinson, J.S. and Shepherd, D.P. (2001) Neodymium and gadolinium diffusion in yttrium vanadate. 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), San Diego, USA. 12 - 13 Nov 2001. (doi:10.1109/LEOS.2001.969204).

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Abstract

Lasers based on planar waveguides have recently generated interest for use as scalable high-average-power sources, Here we study the thermal diffusion of Nd3+ and Gd3+ ions in YVO4 in order to obtain the essential diffusion characteristics necessary to calculate the conditions required for fabrication of waveguides suitable for laser action at 1 µm. Nd3+ is studied both for localised doping as the active laser ion and as a potential refractive index modifier. We also choose to study Gd3+ diffusion as an index modifier in order to give the potential for separate control of the index and gain distributions.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2001
Venue - Dates: 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society (LEOS), San Diego, USA, 2001-11-12 - 2001-11-13
Keywords: gadolinium, laser modes, neodymium, optical planar waveguides, optical pumping, solid lasers, thermal diffusion, waveguide lasers, yttrium compounds

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Local EPrints ID: 17132
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/17132
ISBN: 0780371054
PURE UUID: 9332250d-bc9a-4d81-9f59-9e2b339fe8d1
ORCID for J.S. Wilkinson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4712-1697
ORCID for D.P. Shepherd: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-8184

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Date deposited: 19 Sep 2005
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:39

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Author: S.J. Hettrick
Author: J.S. Wilkinson ORCID iD
Author: D.P. Shepherd ORCID iD

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