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Room temperature cw laser action of Yb3+-doped KY(WO4)2 and KGd(WO4)2 crystals at 1.025 μm and Er, Yb : KY(WO4)2 at 1.54 μm has been demonstrated under pumping by both Ti-sapphire laser and InGaAs laser diodes. A slope efficiency of Yb-lasers up to 78% has been obtained.
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Received: 19 June 1996
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Kuleshov, N., Lagatsky, A., Shcherbitsky, V. et al. CW laser performance of Yb and Er,Yb doped tungstates. Appl Phys B 64, 409–413 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050191
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050191