Effect of cryogenic temperature on spectroscopic and laser properties of Tm:SrF 2 crystal

Karel Veselský; Michal Jelínek; Václav Kubeček; Jan Šulc; Helena Jelínková; Yangxiao Wang; Zhonghan Zhang; Liangbi Su

doi:10.1117/12.2665636

9 June 2023 Effect of cryogenic temperature on spectroscopic and laser properties of Tm:SrF₂ crystal

Karel Veselský, Michal Jelínek, Václav Kubeček, Jan Šulc, Helena Jelínková, Yangxiao Wang, Zhonghan Zhang, Liangbi Su

Proceedings Volume 12577, High-power, High-energy Lasers and Ultrafast Optical Technologies; 125770H (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665636
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic

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We present a temperature influence (in range from 78 up to 300 K) on the spectroscopic and laser properties of Tm:SrF2 crystal doped with 2 at. % of Tm3+. The sample was grown using the temperature gradient technique in shape of a single-crystal fiber (d= 2 mm, l = 5 mm) with plane-parallel face-polished without any AR coating. The Tm:SrF2 crystal was mounted in a temperature-controlled copper holder of the liquid nitrogen cryostat. The measured absorption and emission spectra remained broad even at low temperature. The fluorescence lifetime was fitted with a double exponential function, and the measured lifetime changed significantly with temperature decrease. The 147 mm long semi-hemispherical laser resonator consisted of a flat pumping mirror (T < 95 % @ 763 nm, HR @ 1750-2100 nm) placed inside the cryostat and a curved output coupler (r=150 mm, R=97.5 % @ 1750-2100 nm) placed outside the cryostat. For longitudinal pumping, a fiber coupled laser diode was used. The diode was operating in the pulse regime (5 ms pulse length, 10 Hz repetition rate) at wavelength 763 nm. At room temperature, the laser emission was achieved at 1949 nm with a high 38 % slope efficiency. With a temperature decrease, the slope efficiency increased, and the laser threshold decreased, and the laser output wavelength shifted.

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Karel Veselský, Michal Jelínek, Václav Kubeček, Jan Šulc, Helena Jelínková, Yangxiao Wang, Zhonghan Zhang, and Liangbi Su "Effect of cryogenic temperature on spectroscopic and laser properties of Tm:SrF₂ crystal", Proc. SPIE 12577, High-power, High-energy Lasers and Ultrafast Optical Technologies, 125770H (9 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665636

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