Abstract
We report room-temperature continuous-wave laser operation, tunable over 1.86 to 1.99 μm range with up to 55 % slope efficiency at the 3F4 ->3H6 transition in Tm3+:GdVO4 laser. Threshold pump power as low as 86 mW was measured.
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