Nonlinear optical techniques are now recognized as the most efficient means available to
generate laser radiation at wavelengths that are presently inaccessible via conventional …

Results of diode-pumped cw laser operation of an Yb^ 3+: CaF_2 single crystal are reported
for what is to our knowledge the first time. With a 5-at.?% Yb^ 3+-doped sample we obtained …

We report here on the efficient laser action of a new Yb-doped crystal Yb 3+: Lu 2 SiO 5 (Yb:
LSO) under high power diode-pumping (15 W). Its performances were compared to another …

The first demonstration of laser action in a Yb^ 3+: Sr_3Y (BO_3) _3 crystal is reported. This
new material exhibits particularly broad absorption and emission bandwidths (6 and 60 nm …

Compact femtosecond laser operation of Yb: Gd_2SiO_5 (Yb: GSO) crystal was
demonstrated under high-brightness diode-end-pumping. A semiconductor saturable …

A Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor was used to measure thermal lensing in diode-end-
pumped Yb-doped GdCOB, YCOB, YSO, YAG, and KGW crystals, under lasing or nonlasing …

We demonstrate efficient high-power CW and passively Q-switched operations of Yb: GdCa
4 O (BO 3) 3 lasers. An output power of 18.2 W is generated at 1031.5 nm in CW mode, with …

We report an efficient Q-switched laser action based on a semiconductor saturable absorber
mirrors (SESAMs) as passively Q-switched laser starter and a Yb: LYSO alloyed crystal as …

We report widely tunable infrared and self-frequency-doubled operation in ytterbium-doped
yttrium aluminum borate (Yb: YAB). In the infrared, tuning has been obtained between 1016 …

A new optical single-crystal Yb: CNGS (Yb: Ca3NbGa3Si2O14) was grown successfully for
self-frequency-doubling with the sizes of 25 mm in diameter and 50 mm in length using the …