High power and wavelength tunable diode pumped continuous wave Yb:SSO laser

A wavelength-tunable, efficient, and high-average power single diode-pumped continuons wave (CW) Yb:SSO laser is reported. A maximum output power of 8.8 W at 1 062.6 nm is obtained using the absorbed pump power of 11.7 W, which corresponds to a slope efficiency of 85.5% and an optical-to-optical con