Title

Effect Of Tm Concentration On The Tunability Of The Ylf Laser In The 1.9 Mu M Region

Authors

Authors

A. DiLieto; P. Minguzzi; A. Toncelli; M. Tonelli;H. P. Jenssen

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Phys. B-Lasers Opt.

Keywords

ROOM-TEMPERATURE; PUMPED TM; EFFICIENT; HO; YAG; OPERATION; ER; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

We describe the continuous-wave (cw) operation of a LiYF4 laser based on crystals doped with different concentrations of Tm3+. We observed the fluorescence spectra from the upper laser level when the crystal is placed inside the laser resonator, in the same optical environment of the coherent emission. We measured the laser intensity as a function of pump power and obtained a 24% slope efficiency by selecting a suitable orientation of the crystal. Using all this information, we were able to demonstrate laser tunability at 1.9 mu m in a 50 cm(-1) wide interval.

Journal Title

Applied Physics B-Lasers and Optics

Volume

62

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-1996

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

443

Last Page

447

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1996UH92200003

ISSN

0946-2171

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