Abstract

We have demonstrated a laser-diode pumped continuous-wave (CW) and passively Q-switched laser with a Nd:Sc0.2Y0.8SiO5 (Nd:SYSO) crystal for the first time. In the CW operation, the laser was found to oscillate in tri-wavelength regime at 1074.8 nm, 1076.6 nm and 1078.2 nm, respectively. The maximum CW output power of 1.96 W was obtained, giving an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 35% and a slope efficiency of 39%. Using either Cr4+:YAG or V3+:YAG crystal as saturable absorber, stable passively Q-switched laser was obtained at dual-wavelength of 1074.8 nm and 1078.2 nm with orthogonal-polarization. The maximum average output power, pulse repetition rate, and shortest pulse width were 1.03 W, 50 kHz, and 24 ns, respectively. The passively Q-switched dual-wavelength laser could be potentially used as a source for generation of terahertz radiation.

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S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
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[Crossref]

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[Crossref] [PubMed]

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P. Dorenbos, J. T. M. de Haas, C. W. E. van Eijk, C. L. Melcher, and J. S. Schweitzer, “Non-linear response in the scintillation yield of Lu2SiO5:Ce+3,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 41(4), 735–737 (1994).
[Crossref]

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1966 (1)

D. Findlay and R. A. Clay, “The measurement of internal losses in 4-level lasers,” Phys. Lett. 20(3), 277–278 (1966).
[Crossref]

Albrecht, G. F.

Beach, R. J.

Berard, P.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

Brickeen, B. K.

Chen, L.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Chicklis, E. P.

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[Crossref]

Comaskey, B.

Cong, Z. H.

Creeden, D.

Dautet, H.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

de Haas, J. T. M.

P. Dorenbos, J. T. M. de Haas, C. W. E. van Eijk, C. L. Melcher, and J. S. Schweitzer, “Non-linear response in the scintillation yield of Lu2SiO5:Ce+3,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 41(4), 735–737 (1994).
[Crossref]

De Tan, W.

Dorenbos, P.

P. Dorenbos, J. T. M. de Haas, C. W. E. van Eijk, C. L. Melcher, and J. S. Schweitzer, “Non-linear response in the scintillation yield of Lu2SiO5:Ce+3,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 41(4), 735–737 (1994).
[Crossref]

Druon, F.

Duan, X. M.

Findlay, D.

D. Findlay and R. A. Clay, “The measurement of internal losses in 4-level lasers,” Phys. Lett. 20(3), 277–278 (1966).
[Crossref]

Geathers, E.

Georges, P.

Guo, L.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Houde, D.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

Jacquemet, M.

Jiang, Z. M.

Ketteridge, P. A.

Komiak, J. J.

Lecomte, R.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

Li, D.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Li, D. Z.

Luo, D. W.

McCarthy, J. C.

Melcher, C. L.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

P. Dorenbos, J. T. M. de Haas, C. W. E. van Eijk, C. L. Melcher, and J. S. Schweitzer, “Non-linear response in the scintillation yield of Lu2SiO5:Ce+3,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 41(4), 735–737 (1994).
[Crossref]

Moran, B. D.

Pelenc, D.

Pepin, C.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

Pepin, C. M.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

Perrot, A. L.

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

Schunemann, P. G.

Schweitzer, J. S.

P. Dorenbos, J. T. M. de Haas, C. W. E. van Eijk, C. L. Melcher, and J. S. Schweitzer, “Non-linear response in the scintillation yield of Lu2SiO5:Ce+3,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 41(4), 735–737 (1994).
[Crossref]

Solarz, R. W.

Southward, T.

Tang, D. Y.

Thibault, F.

van Eijk, C. W. E.

C. W. E. van Eijk, “Inorganic scintillators in medical imaging,” Phys. Med. Biol. 47(8), R85–R106 (2002).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

P. Dorenbos, J. T. M. de Haas, C. W. E. van Eijk, C. L. Melcher, and J. S. Schweitzer, “Non-linear response in the scintillation yield of Lu2SiO5:Ce+3,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 41(4), 735–737 (1994).
[Crossref]

Wang, Q. P.

Wang, Y. Z.

Wang, Z.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Xu, C. W.

Xu, J.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Z. H. Cong, D. Y. Tang, W. De Tan, J. Zhang, C. W. Xu, D. W. Luo, X. D. Xu, D. Z. Li, J. Xu, X. Y. Zhang, and Q. P. Wang, “Dual-wavelength passively mode-locked Nd:LuYSiO5 laser with SESAM,” Opt. Express 19(5), 3984–3989 (2011).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

Xu, X.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Xu, X. D.

Yao, B. Q.

Yu, H.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Yu, Z. P.

Zaouter, Y.

Zhang, J.

Zhang, X. Y.

Zhang, Y. J.

Zhao, G. J.

Zhao, Y.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Zhuang, S.

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

Appl. Phys. B (1)

S. Zhuang, D. Li, X. Xu, Z. Wang, H. Yu, J. Xu, L. Chen, Y. Zhao, L. Guo, and X. Xu, “Continuous-wave and actively Q-switched Nd:LSO crystal lasers,” Appl. Phys. B 107(1), 41–45 (2012).
[Crossref]

IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. (2)

P. Dorenbos, J. T. M. de Haas, C. W. E. van Eijk, C. L. Melcher, and J. S. Schweitzer, “Non-linear response in the scintillation yield of Lu2SiO5:Ce+3,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 41(4), 735–737 (1994).
[Crossref]

C. M. Pepin, P. Berard, A. L. Perrot, C. Pepin, D. Houde, R. Lecomte, C. L. Melcher, and H. Dautet, “Properties of LYSO and recent LSO scintillators for phoswich PET detectors,” IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51(3), 789–795 (2004).
[Crossref]

Opt. Express (4)

Opt. Lett. (2)

Phys. Lett. (1)

D. Findlay and R. A. Clay, “The measurement of internal losses in 4-level lasers,” Phys. Lett. 20(3), 277–278 (1966).
[Crossref]

Phys. Med. Biol. (1)

C. W. E. van Eijk, “Inorganic scintillators in medical imaging,” Phys. Med. Biol. 47(8), R85–R106 (2002).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

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The schematic arrangement of experimental laser setup.

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(a) Room temperature absorption spectrum of the Nd:SYSO crystal. (b) Room temperature emission spectrum of the Nd:SYSO crystal.

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The relationship between CW output power and absorbed pump power.

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(a), (b), (c) CW and passively Q-switched laser spectra. (d), (e) The reflection and transmission laser spectra after Glan-Taylor polarizer

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(a) The PQS output power with respect to absorbed pump power. (b) The variation of the pulse width and repetition rate versus the pump power.

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(a) Pulse profile with a width of 24 ns. Inset: pulse train with a repetition rate of 50 kHz. (b) The 2D and 3D Q-switched beam spatial profile at the highest average output power.

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