Abstract
By balancing energy transfer and thermal effects, we demonstrate efficient erbium-doped yttrium gallium garnet (Er:YGG) crystal lasers at a wavelength of 2.82–2.92 μm for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. Associated with the influence of doping concentration on energy transfer and thermal effects, the doping concentration was optimized to be 10 at.%, and with the optimized crystal, the maximum continuous-wave output power was 1.38 W, corresponding to the slope efficiency of 35.4% approaching the theoretical quantum limits. The thermal effects during the laser process were discussed. We believe that this work should be helpful for optimizing the erbium-doped gain for the 3 μm laser and the development of 3 μm lasers.
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