Abstract

We report on continuous-wave laser operation of ${{\rm Tb}^{3 +}}{:}{{\rm LiLuF}_4}$ under UV pumping. More than five times higher absorption cross sections in the UV allow for shorter gain media, which are required for future high-power diode pumping. The cross-relaxation process is found to efficiently populate the upper laser level $^5{{\rm D}_4}$ at doping concentrations typically used in ${{\rm Tb}^{3 +}}$-doped gain media. Pumping with a frequency doubled Ti:sapphire laser at 359 nm enables laser operation in the green and yellow spectral range with slope efficiencies of 41% and 20%, respectively, at optical-to-optical efficiencies a factor of two higher than under cyan-blue pumping.

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