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    • Highly efficient continuous-wave diode-pumped Er, Yb:GdAl3(BO3)4 laser 

      Kisel, V. E.; Gorbachenya, K. N.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Maltsev, V. V.; Leonyuk, N. I.; Kuleshov, N. V. (Optical Society of America, 2013)
      We report the highly efficient continuous-wave diode-pumped laser operation of Er, Yb:GdAl3 BO3 4 crystal. Absorption and stimulated emission spectra, emission lifetimes, and efficiencies of energy transfer from Yb3 to Er3 ions were determined. A maximal output power of 780 mWwas obtained at 1531 nm at absorbed pump power of 4 W with slope efficiency of 26%.
      2016-01-05
    • Highly efficient ER,YB:YAL3(BO3)4 laser emitting in the 1.5-1.6 μM spectral range 

      Gorbachenya, K. N.; Kisel, V. E.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Maltsev, V. V.; Leonyuk, N. I.; Kuleshov, N. V. (БНТУ, 2014)
      The highly efficient Er,Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 laser emitting in the 1.5-1.6 μm spectral range was demonstrated. A maximal output power of 1.6 W in CW and 2.7 W in QCW regimes with slope efficiency up to 40 % was obtained at 1522 nm.
      2018-05-11
    • Ho:KLuW microchip laser intracavity pumped by a diode-pumped Tm:KLuW laser 

      Serres, J. M.; Loiko, P. A.; Mateos, X.; Yumashev, K. V.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Petrov, V.; Griebner, U.; Aguilo, M.; Diaz, F. (Springer, 2015)
      A compact intracavity-pumped microchip Ho laser is realized using stacked Tm:KLuW/Ho:KLuW crystals pumped by a laser diode at 805 nm; both crystals are cut for light propagation along the Ng optical indicatrix axis and emit with polarization along the Nm axis. Maximum CW output power of 285 mW is achieved at a wavelength of 2080 nm for 5.6 W absorbed pump power in the Tm:KLuW ...
      2018-09-14
    • In-Band Pumped Continuous-Wave Lasers Based on Ho:KY(WO4)2 Crystal and Ho:KGdYbY(WO4)2 Epitaxial Layer 

      Dernovich, O. P.; Gusakova, N. V.; Kisel, V. E.; Kravtsov, A. V.; Guretsky, S. A.; Pavlyuk, A. A.; Kuleshov, N. V. (БНТУ, 2020)
      2 μm lasers are in demand for a number of practical applications, such as environmental monitoring, remote sensing, medicine, material processing, and are also used as a pump sources for optical parametric generators. Crystals of double potassium tungstates doped with ions of rare-earth elements were shown to be promising materials both for the creation of classical solid-state ...
      2020-12-18
    • In-band pumped room-temperature Er:KY(WO4)2 laser emitting around 1:6 mm 

      Gorbachenya, K. N.; Kisel, V. E.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Pavlyuk, A. A.; Kuleshov, N. V. (Maik Nauka-Interperiodica Publishing, 2013)
      We present efficient continuous-wave operation of an Er:KY(WO 4)2 crystal under in-band pumping by a compact diode-pumped Er, Yb:GdAl3(BO3)4 laser. Maximum slope efficiency of 27% and output power of 35 mW at 1609.5 nm were obtained with beam propagation factor M2 < 1:2. Absorption and stimulated emission cross-section spectra, as well as the radiative lifetime of the 4I13=2 ...
      2016-05-12
    • Laser Performance of Er,Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 Crystals with Different Erbium Concentrations 

      Gorbachenya, K. N.; Kisel, V. E.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Maltsev, V. V.; Leonyuk, N. I.; Kuleshov, N. V. (2014)
      The effect of erbium concentration on the laser performance of Er,Yb:YAl3(BO3)4 crystals was investigated. A maximal output power of 1.6 W in CW and 2.7 W in QCW regimes was obtained at 1522 nm.
      2017-11-22
    • Laser performance of in-band pumped Er : LiYF4 and Er : LiLuF4 crystals 

      Gorbachenya, K. N.; Kurilchik, S. V.; Kisel, V. E.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Nizamutdinov, A. S.; Korableva, S. L.; Semashko, V. V. (Turpion Ltd., 2016)
      Spectroscopic properties of Er : LiLuF4 and Er : LiYF4 crystals in the spectral region near 1.5 mm and the lasing characteristics of these crystals under in-band pumping at a wavelength of 1522 nm are studied. With the Er : LiLuF4 crystal, the maximum slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power was 44 % at a wavelength of 1609 nm. Continuous-wave operation of an ...
      2016-03-29
    • Passive mode locking of a Tm,Ho:KY(WO4)2 laser around 2 μm 

      Lagatsky, A. A.; Fusari, F.; Calvez, S.; Gupta, J. A.; Kisel, V. E.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Brown, C. T. A.; Dawson, M. D.; Sibbett, W. (Optical Society of America, 2009)
      We report the first demonstration, to our knowledge, of passive mode locking in a Tm3+, Ho3+-codoped KY(WO4)2 laser operating in the 2000-2060 nm spectral region. An InGaAsSb-based quantum well semiconductor saturable absorber mirror is used for the initiation and stabilization of the ultrashort pulse generation. Pulses as short as 3.3 ps were generated at 2057 nm with average ...
      2012-01-23
    • Semiconductor A3B5 nanostructures for infrared femtosecond lasers 

      Rubtsova, N. N.; Kochubei, A. A.; Kovalyov, A. A.; Preobrazhenskii, V. V.; Putyato, M. A.; Semyagin, B. R.; Shamirzaev, T. S.; Borisov, G. M.; Kisel, V. E.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Kuril'chik, S. V.; Buganov, O. V.; Tikhomirov, S. A. (Institute of Physics, 2013)
      Two techniques were suggested and tested for the recovery time shortening of saturable absorbers on a base of A3B5 compounds including quantum wells. The first one, proposed by authors, is the sample post-growth treatment by UV laser radiation; it implied generation of point defects, which, in its turn, led to electron-hole recombination acceleration and to recovery time shortening ...
      2016-05-11
    • Spectroscopic and photoluminescence characterization of Eu 3+-doped monoclinic KY(WO4)2 crystal 

      Loiko, P. A.; Dashkevich, V. I.; Bagaev, S. N.; Orlovich, V. A.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Yumashev, K. V.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Dunina, E. B.; Kornienko, A. A.; Vatnik, S. M.; Pavlyuk, A. A. (Elsevier, 2014)
      Monoclinic 2 at% Eu-doped KY(WO4)2 is grown by top-seeded solution growth method. Polarizationresolved absorption and stimulated-emission cross-section spectra are determined for this crystal. Spectroscopic properties of Eu:KY(WO4)2 are modeled within conventional Judd–Ofelt theory, as well as theory of f–f transition intensities for systems with anomalously strong configuration ...
      2016-02-08
    • Spectroscopy and femtosecond laser performance of Yb3+:YAlO3 crystal 

      Kisel, V. E.; Kurilchik, S. V.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Grigoriev, S. V.; Smirnova, S. A.; Kuleshov, N. V. (Optical Society of America, 2008)
      We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of cw and passively mode-locked Yb3+:YAlO3(Yb:YAP) laser operation under diode pumping. Spectroscopic properties of a 0.6 at.%Yb3+-doped YAP single crystal were investigated. Output power up to 1.2 W with slope efficiency of 64.5% in the cw regime and 225 fs pulse duration with average power of 0.8 W from a mode-locked Yb:YAP ...
      2012-01-23
    • Spectroscopy of tetragonal Eu:NaGd(WO4)2 crystal 

      Loiko, P. A.; Vilejshikova, E. V.; Mateos, X.; Serres, J. M.; Dashkevich, V. I.; Orlovich, V. A.; Yasukevich, A. S.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Yumashev, K. V.; Grigoriev, S. V.; Vatnik, S. M.; Bagaev, S. N.; Pavlyuk, A. A. (2016)
      We report on growth and detailed spectroscopic study of Eu3ю-doped tetragonal sodium gadolinium double tungstate, Eu:NaGd(WO4)2, a new promising crystal for deep-red lasers. Large-volume crystal doped with 4.9 at.% Eu is grown by Czochralski method along the [001] crystallographic direction. Absorption of Eu3ю ions is studied at room temperature (RT) and at 6 K. For the absorption ...
      2017-11-18
    • Thermal lens study in diode pumped Ng- and Np-cut Nd:KGd(WO4)2 laser crystals 

      Loiko, P. A.; Yumashev, K. V.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Savitski, V. G.; Calvez, S.; Burns, D.; Pavlyuk, A. A. (Optical Society of America, 2009)
      A comparative study of thermal lensing effect in diode laser pumped Ng- and Np-cut Nd:KGd(WO4)2 (KGW) laser crystals was performed for laser emission polarized along the principle refractive axis, Nm. The thermal lens in the Ng-cut Nd: KGW was found to be weakly astigmatic with a positive refractive power for both the Nm- and Np-directions. For Np -cut Nd:KGW, strong astigmatism ...
      2012-01-24
    • Thermal lensing measurements in the anisotropic laser crystals under diode pumping 

      Loiko, P. A.; Savitski, V. G.; Yumashev, K. V.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Pavlyuk, A. A. (БНТУ, 2012)
      An experimental setup was developed for thermal lensing measurements in the anisotropic di-ode-pumped laser crystals. The studied crystal is placed into the stable two-mirror laser cavity operating at the fundamental transversal mode. The output beam radius is measured with re-spect to the pump intensity for different meridional planes (all these planes contain the light propagation ...Nm.
      2013-02-05
    • Ultrafast laser inscribed Yb:KGd(WO4)2 and Yb:KY(WO4)2 channel waveguide lasers 

      Bain, F. M.; Lagatsky, A. A.; Thomson, R. R.; Psaila, N. D.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Kar, A. K.; Sibbett, W.; Brown, C. T. A. (Optical Society of America, 2009)
      We demonstrate laser action in diode-pumped microchip monolithic cavity channel waveguides of Yb:KGd(WO4)2 and Yb:KY(WO4)2 that were fabricated by ultrafast laser writing. The maximum output power achieved was 18.6 mW with a threshold of approximately 100 mW from an Yb:KGd(WO4)2waveguide laser operating at 1023 nm. The propagation losses for this waveguide structure were measured ...
      2012-01-23
    • Yb3+-doped YVO4 crystal for efficient Kerr-lens mode locking in solid-state lasers 

      Lagatsky, A. A.; Sarmani, A. R.; Brown, C. T. A.; Sibbett, W.; Kisel, V. E.; Selivanov, A. G.; Denisov, I. A.; Troshin, A. E.; Yumashev, K. V.; Kuleshov, N. V.; Matrosov, V. N.; Matrosova, T. A.; Kupchenko, M. I. (Optical Society of America, 2005)
      We report the first demonstration, to our knowledge, of soft-aperture Kerr-lens mode locking in a diode-pumped femtosecond Yb3+:YVO4 laser. Near-transform-limited pulses as short as 61 fs are generated around a center wavelength of 1050 nm with an output power of 54 mW and a pulse repetition frequency of 104.5 MHz. This is, to our knowledge, the shortest pulse generated directly ...
      2012-01-23
    • Yb:yab based chirped pulse regenerative amplifier 

      Kisel, V. E.; Rudenkov, A. S.; Gorbachenya, K. N.; Maltsev, V. V.; Leonyuk, N. I.; Kuleshov, N. V. (БНТУ, 2018)
      Yb:yab based chirped pulse regenerative amplifier / V. E. Kisel [и др.] // Приборостроение-2018 : материалы 11-й Международной научно-технической конференции, 14-16 ноября 2018 года, Минск, Республика Беларусь / редкол.: О. К. Гусев (председатель) [и др.]. – Минск : БНТУ, 2018. – С. 371-373.
      2019-04-30