%0 Conference Paper %1 Esser:23 %A Esser, Stefan %A Xu, Xiaodong %A Graf, Thomas %A Ahmed, Marwan Abdou %B Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe (CLEO/Europe 2023) and European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC 2023) %D 2023 %I Optica Publishing Group %J Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe (CLEO/Europe 2023) and European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC 2023) %K %P ca_10_4 %T Single crystalline and ceramic Yb:Lu2O3 gain media in thin-disk laser operation %U https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?URI=CLEO_Europe-2023-ca_10_4 %X The sesquioxide crystal Yb3$+$:Lu2O3 is known to be a gain medium with excellent properties for high average power thin-disk lasers due to its low quantum defect of 5.6 \% \1\ and relatively high thermal conductivity of 12 W/mK \2\. However, the growth of Yb3$+$:Lu2O3 single crystals is challenging due to its high melting point of 2450 °C \1\. Improvements in ceramic manufacturing techniques as shown in \3\ offer poly-crystalline Yb3$+$:Lu2O3 ceramics with low transmission losses and being free of pores.

@inproceedings{Esser:23, abstract = {The sesquioxide crystal Yb3$+$:Lu2O3 is known to be a gain medium with excellent properties for high average power thin-disk lasers due to its low quantum defect of 5.6 \% \[1\] and relatively high thermal conductivity of 12 W/mK \[2\]. However, the growth of Yb3$+$:Lu2O3 single crystals is challenging due to its high melting point of 2450 {\textdegree}C \[1\]. Improvements in ceramic manufacturing techniques as shown in \[3\] offer poly-crystalline Yb3$+$:Lu2O3 ceramics with low transmission losses and being free of pores.}, added-at = {2023-12-08T10:01:12.000+0100}, author = {Esser, Stefan and Xu, Xiaodong and Graf, Thomas and Ahmed, Marwan Abdou}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/22245bc0ee142efb885ad8da84ab3f29d/stefanesser}, booktitle = {Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe (CLEO/Europe 2023) and European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC 2023)}, interhash = {88fba91760f5de53b04f6d15c96b671f}, intrahash = {2245bc0ee142efb885ad8da84ab3f29d}, journal = {Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Europe (CLEO/Europe 2023) and European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC 2023)}, keywords = {}, pages = {ca_10_4}, publisher = {Optica Publishing Group}, timestamp = {2023-12-08T09:01:12.000+0100}, title = {Single crystalline and ceramic Yb:Lu2O3 gain media in thin-disk laser operation}, url = {https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?URI=CLEO_Europe-2023-ca_10_4}, year = 2023 }