2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC 2013) Munich, Germany 12-16 May 2013 Pages 1-717 IEEE Catalog Number: CFP13ECL-POD ISBN: 978-1-4799-0592-8 1/2 TABLE OF CONTENTS CA-1.1-SUN - 118 NM VUV GENERATION USING MICROCHIP LASER ...........................................................................................1 Bhandari, R. ; Tsuji, N. ; Suzuki, T. ; Nishifuji, M. ; Taira, T. CA-1.2-SUN - ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT AND RAMAN GAIN IN CVD DIAMOND AS FUNCTIONS OF PUMP WAVELENGTH: TOWARDS EFFICIENT DIAMOND RAMAN LASERS ...............................................................................2 Savitski, V.G. ; Reilly, S. ; Lubeigt, W. ; Kemp, A.J. CA-1.3-SUN - NARROW-LINEWIDTH UV LASER SOURCE AT 257 NM ............................................................................................3 Delen, X. ; Deyra, L. ; Benoit, A. ; Hanna, M. ; Balembois, F. ; Cocquelin, B. ; Sangla, D. ; Salin, F. ; Didierjean, J. ; Georges, P. CA-1.4-SUN - POWER SCALING OF EFFICIENT DIAMOND RAMAN LASERS WITH 1240 NM AND 1485 NM OUTPUT......................................................................................................................................................................................................4 McKay, A. ; Kitzler, O. ; Mildren, R.P. CA-1.5-SUN - MEGAWATT PEAK POWER, 1 KHZ, 266 NM SUB NANOSECOND LASER SOURCE BASED ON SINGLE-CRYSTAL FIBER AMPLIFIER..............................................................................................................................................5 Deyra, Loic ; Martial, Igor ; Balembois, Francois ; Diderjean, Julien ; Georges, Patrick CA-1.6-SUN - CONTINUOUS-WAVE EMISSION FROM A SELF-RAMAN VORTEX LASER.........................................................6 Lee, A.J. ; Omatsu, T. ; Pask, H.M. CA-2.1-SUN - TUNABLE INTRACAVITY BLUE/VIOLET LIGHT GENERATION IN A CR:LICAF+BIBO SOLID-STATE EXTERNAL-CAVITY LASER ............................................................................................................................................7 Maestre, H. ; Torregrosa, A.J. ; Capmany, J. CA-2.2-SUN - HIGH POWER SINGLE-CRYSTAL FIBER CW 946 NM LASER AND BLUE GENERATION BASED ON RUBIDIUM-DOPED PPKTP......................................................................................................................................................8 Deyra, L. ; Liljestrand, C. ; Didierjean, J. ; Canalias, C. ; Laurell, F. ; Balembois, F. ; Georges, P. CA-2.3-SUN - ANISOTROPIC ABSORPTION AND LUMINESCENCE AND QUASI-CW LASER OPERATION OF EU3+:KGD(WO4)2 MONOCLINIC CRYSTAL ....................................................................................................................................9 Loiko, P.A. ; Dashkevich, V.I. ; Bagaev, S.N. ; Orlovich, V.A. ; Yasukevich, A.S. ; Yumashev, K.V. ; Kuleshov, N.V. ; Vatnik, S.M. ; Pavlyuk, A.A. CA-2.4-SUN - Q-SWITCHED AND MODE-LOCKED 639-NM PRRYLF LASER WITH CR:YAG SATURABLE ABSORBER ......................................................................................................................................................................................................10 Abe, R. ; Kojou, J. ; Masuda, K. ; Hirosawa, K. ; Kannari, F. CA-2.5-SUN - NOVEL RARE EARTH SOLID STATE LASERS WITH EMISSION WAVELENGTHS IN THE VISIBLE SPECTRAL RANGE......................................................................................................................................................................11 Metz, P.W. ; Moglia, F. ; Reichert, F. ; Muller, S. ; Marzahl, D.-T. ; Hansen, N.-O. ; Krankel, C. ; Huber, G. CA-2.6-SUN - MULTI-WATT DIODE-PUMPED ALEXANDRITE LASER OPERATION ................................................................12 Damzen, M.J. ; Thomas, G.M. ; Minassian, A. CA-3.1-SUN - MID-IR SOLID-STATE LASERS FOR SPECTROSCOPY AND METROLOGY APPLICATIONS........................13 Coluccelli, N. ; Gambetta, A. ; Cassinerio, M. ; Laporta, P. ; Galzerano, G. CA-3.2-SUN - HIGH-PULSE-ENERGY CRYOGENIC HO:YLF LASER PUMPED BY A TM:FIBER LASER..............................14 Fonnum, H. ; Lippert, E. ; Haakestad, M.W. CA-3.3-SUN - IN-BAND PUMPED HO3+:KY3FI10 2 µM LASER ..........................................................................................................15 Schellhorn, M. ; Parisi, D. ; Veronesi, S. ; Bolognesi, G. ; Eichhorn, M. ; Tonelli, M. CA-3.4-SUN - IN-BAND DIODE PUMPED HIGH POWER HO:YLF LASER ......................................................................................16 Scholle, K. ; Lamrini, S. ; Gatzemeier, F. ; Koopmann, P. ; Fuhrberg, P. CA-3.5-SUN - POWER SCALING OF THIN-DISK TM-LASERS BASED ON TM:KLU(WO4)2/KLU(WO4)2 EPITAXY ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................17 Vatnik, S. ; Vedin, I. ; Segura, M. ; Mateos, X. ; Cinta Pujol, M. ; Aguilo, M. ; Diaz, F. ; Petrov, V. ; Griebner, U. CA-4.1-SUN - SOLID STATE OPTICAL CRYCOOLERS: DEVELOPMENTS AND PROSPECTIVE............................................18 Sheik-Bahae, M. ; Melgaard, S. ; Ghasemkhani, M. ; Albrecht, A. ; Epstein, R. ; Seletskiy, D. CA-4.2-SUN - FIRST LASER OPERATION FROM DIODE-PUMPED HIGHLY DOPED YB:GD2O3 AND YB:Y2O3 CRYSTALS GROWN BY FLUX METHOD..............................................................................................................................19 Druon, F. ; Velazquez, M. ; Veber, P. ; Janicot, S. ; Viraphong, O. ; Buse, G. ; Ahmed, M.A. ; Graf, T. ; Rytz, D. ; Georges, P. CA-4.3-SUN - HIGH POWER YB:CALGO MULTI-CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR ..................................................................................20 Calendron, A.-L. ; Lederer, M. ; Cankaya, H. ; Kartner, F.X. CA-4.4-SUN - HIGH POWER AMPLIFICATION IN YB:YAG SINGLE CRYSTAL FIBERS...........................................................21 Piehler, S. ; Delen, X. ; Didierjean, J. ; Aubry, N. ; Graf, T. ; Ahmed, M.A. ; Balembois, F. ; Georges, P. CA-4.5-SUN - 12W EFFICIENT AIR COOLED DIODE-PUMPED ACTIVELY Q-SWITCHED YB:KGD(WO4)2 LASER...............................................................................................................................................................................................................22 Kisel, V.E. ; Rudenkov, A.S. ; Gulevich, A.E. ; Kondrtyuk, N.V. ; Yasukevich, A.S. ; Kuleshov, N.V. ; Pavlyuk, A.A. CA-5.1-TUE - TOWARDS HIGH AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER AND SHORT PULSE DURATION OF SESAM MODELOCKED THIN DISK LASERS .......................................................................................................................................................23 Schriber, C. ; Saraceno, C.J. ; Emaury, F. ; Golling, M. ; Beil, K. ; Krankel, C. ; Sudmeyer, T. ; Huber, G. ; Keller, U. CA-5.2-TUE - YB:CALGO THIN-DISK FEMTOSECOND OSCILLATOR ..........................................................................................24 Ricaud, S. ; Jaffres, A. ; Wentsch, K. ; Suganuma, A. ; Viana, B. ; Loiseau, P. ; Weichelt, B. ; Abdou-Ahmed, M. ; Voss, A. ; Graf, T. ; Rytz, D. ; Honninger, C. ; Mottay, E. ; Georges, P. ; Druon, F. CA-5.3-TUE - YB:CAGDALO4 THIN DISK LASER WITH 70% SLOPE EFFICIENCY...................................................................25 Beil, K. ; Deppe, B. ; Krankel, C. CA-5.4-TUE - 109 W YB:YAL3(B03)4 THIN-DISK OSCILLATOR........................................................................................................26 Weichelt, B. ; Wentsch, K.S. ; Voss, A. ; Gross, A. ; Wesemann, V. ; Rytz, D. ; Ahmed, M.A. ; Graf, T. CA-5.5-TUE - AN YB:CAF2 THIN-DISK LASER......................................................................................................................................27 Wentsch, K.S. ; Weichelt, B. ; Druon, F. ; Ahmed, M.A. ; Graf, T. CA-5.6-TUE - 1-KHZ PULSED PUMPED YB:YAG THIN DISK REGENERATIVE AMPLIFIER...................................................28 Miura, T. ; Chyla, M. ; Smrz, M. ; Nagisetty, S.S. ; Severova, P. ; Novak, O. ; Endo, A. ; Mocek, T. CA-6.1-TUE - CARBON NANOTUBE AND GRAPHENE SATURABLE ABSORBERS: A NEW GENERIC MODE-LOCKING TECHNOLOGY?...........................................................................................................................................................29 Rotermund, F. CA-6.2-TUE - CW, Q-SWITCHED AND MODE-LOCKING OSCILLATIONS AT 2.1 µM IN NOVEL TM3+:LU2O3 CERAMICS LASERS............................................................................................................................................................30 Antipov, O.L. ; Novikov, A.A. ; Zinoviev, A.P. ; Yagi, H. ; Lagatsky, A.A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Ivakin, E.V. CA-6.3-TUE - FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION WITH TM-DOPED SESQUIOXIDES ......................................................31 Lagatsky, A.A. ; Koopmann, P. ; Antipov, O.L. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Huber, G. ; Sibbett, W. CA-6.4-TUE - SUB-70 FS KERR-LENS MODE-LOCKED YB:CAF2 LASER OSCILLATOR DELIVERING UP TO 2.3 W ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................32 Sevillano, P. ; Machinet, G. ; Guichard, F. ; Dubrasquet, R. ; Camy, P. ; Doualan, J.-L. ; Moncorge, R. ; Georges, P. ; Druon, F. ; Descamps, D. ; Cormier, E. CA-6.5-TUE - 21.4 KW PEAK POWER FROM A GIGAHERTZ MULTIMODE-DIODE-PUMPED SOLID- STATE LASER WITH CARRIER ENVELOPE OFFSET FREQUENCY DETECTION.....................................................................33