TY  - JOUR
A1  - Trinschek, Sarah
A1  - Vorholt, Christian
A1  - Wittrock, Ulrich
T1  - Nonlinear dynamics in intra-cavity pumped thin-disk lasers
JF  - Optics Express
N2  - Cross-saturation of the gain media in intra-cavity pumped lasers leads to complex dynamics of the laser power. We present experimental results and a detailed theoretical analysis of this nonlinear dynamics for an intra-cavity pumped Yb:YAG thin-disk laser in the framework of a rate-equation model. The gain medium of this laser is residing in the resonator of a conventional, diode-pumped Yb:YAG thin-disk laser. Continuous-wave operation, periodic pulse trains, and chaotic fluctuations of the optical power of both lasers were observed. The dynamics is not driven by external perturbations but arises naturally in this laser system. Further examination revealed that these modes of operation can be controlled by the resonator length of the diode-pumped laser but that the system can also show hysteresis and multi-stability.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-132355
UR  - https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-29-4-5755&id=447544
VL  - 29
IS  - 4
SP  - 5755
EP  - 5773
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pues, Patrick
A1  - Laube, Michael
A1  - Fischer, Stefan
A1  - Schröder, Franziska
A1  - Schwung, Sebastian
A1  - Rytz, Daniel
A1  - Fiehler, Torben
A1  - Wittrock, Ulrich
A1  - Jüstel, Thomas
T1  - Luminescence and up-conversion of single crystalline Lu3Al5O12:Pr3+
JF  - Journal of Luminescence
N2  - This work deals with the spectroscopic properties of praseodymium doped single crystalline lutetium aluminum garnet (LuAG:Pr3+). A special focus was set on temperature- and time-dependent spectroscopy. Beyond the well-known down-conversion luminescence of LuAG:Pr3+, also UV-A/B up-conversion luminescence under excitation with a 488 nm laser was thoroughly investigated. Furthermore, the results of the spectroscopic investigations on the single crystalline material were supplemented and compared with measurements on a microscale powder sample.

In addition, to the spectroscopic investigations, mechanistic considerations are presented to obtain a closer look at the up-conversion process in LuAG:Pr3+. We promote the thesis of a temperature-dependent energy transfer up-conversion mechanism.
KW  - Pr3+ luminescence
KW  - Single crystal
KW  - Photoluminescence
KW  - Up-conversion
KW  - Temperature-dependent spectroscopy
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2021.117987
VL  - 234
SP  - 117987
EP  - 117995
ER  -