Title :
LNA: A new CW Nd laser tunable around 1.05 and 1.08 µm
Author :
Schearer, Laird D. ; Leduc, Michele ; Vivien, Daniel ; Lejus, Anne-Marie ; Thery, Jeanine
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Missouri, Rolla, MO, USA
fDate :
5/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have investigated the CW laser properties of the lanthamide hexa-aluminate La0.9Nd0.1MgAl11O19at room temperature. When a 1 cm long crystal is pumped by an Ar+ laser (514 nm) or a Kr+ laser (752 nm), CW emission is obtained with slope efficiencies of 10 and 26 percent, respectively. A four-plate Lyot filter in the cavity forces the LNA crystal to oscillate in either of the two major bands centered al 10 820 Å (tuning range 80 Å) and 10 545 Å (tuning range 35 Å).
Keywords :
CW lasers; Laser tuning; Neodymium:solid lasers; Crystallization; Helium; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Neodymium; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1986.1073024
