Lithium rare-earth fluorides as photonic materials: 2. Some physical, spectroscopic, and lasing characteristics

VV Semashko, SL Korableva, PP Fedorov - Inorganic Materials, 2022 - Springer
We review the physical properties of crystalline LiRF4 (R= Y, Gd–Lu) hosts and analyze
progress in the application of rare-earth-activated LiRF4 crystals in quantum electronics …

20-mJ, sub-ps pulses at up to 70 W average power from a cryogenic Yb: YLF regenerative amplifier

U Demirbas, H Cankaya, Y Hua, J Thesinga… - Optics express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We report, what is to our knowledge, the highest average power obtained directly from a Yb:
YLF regenerative amplifier to date. A fiber front-end provided seed pulses with an energy of …

Efficient, diode-pumped, high-power (> 300W) cryogenic Yb: YLF laser with broad-tunability (995-1020.5 nm): investigation of E//a-axis for lasing

U Demirbas, H Cankaya, J Thesinga, FX Kärtner… - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We present, what is to our knowledge, the first detailed lasing investigation of cryogenic Yb:
YLF gain media in the E//a-axis. Compared to the usually employed E//c-axis, the a-axis of …

[PDF][PDF] Fabrication and property of Yb: CaF2 laser ceramics from co-precipitated nanopowders

JB WEI, G Toci, A Pirri, B Patrizi, YG FENG, M Vannini… - 无机材料学报, 2019 - academia.edu
Transparent ytterbium doped calcium fluoride ceramics (Yb: CaF2) were successfully
fabricated by vacuum sintering and hot pressing post-treatment from coprecipitated …

Microstructure and laser emission of Yb: CaF2 transparent ceramics fabricated by air pre-sintering and hot isostatic pressing

Z Liu, J Wei, G Toci, A Pirri, B Patrizi, Y Feng, T ** produced via tape casting
J Hostaša, A Piancastelli, G Toci, M Vannini, V Biasini - Optical Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
The flexibility of the ceramic production process, in particular in terms of sha** and spatial
control of distribution of active ions, is one of the strong points in favor of transparent …

A comprehensive characterization of a 10 at.% Yb: YSAG laser ceramic sample

A Pirri, G Toci, J Li, Y Feng, T **: II—application to Yb3+ doped ceramics and crystals
G Toci, D Alderighi, A Pirri, M Vannini - Applied Physics B, 2012 - Springer
In this paper, we present an experimental verification of a theoretical model for the
evaluation of the results of the so-called pinhole method for the measurement of the upper …