Abstract
We report on the growth, spectroscopy and laser operation of Yb3+-doped mixed sesquioxide crystals. Various Yb3+-doped crystals with compositions close to (Y0.5Sc0.5)2O3 have been successfully grown by the Czochralski method and by the micro-pulling down (µ-PD) method. Our spectroscopic investigations reveal broadened stimulated emission and absorption cross-section spectra originating from the structural disorder of the mixed crystals. We find the peak wavelengths to shift by ∼1.6 nm between Y:Sc-ratios of 54:46 and 46:54 and confirm a linear relation of the peak position with the lattice constant of the host composition. In the laser experiments, we obtain highly efficient continuous-wave laser operation under pumping with an optically-pumped semiconductor laser (OPSL) at ∼975 nm, reaching slope efficiencies of up to 89% at optical-to-optical efficiencies exceeding 80% at laser wavelengths between 1037 nm and 1086 nm.
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