Title :
Diode-pumped lasers at five eye-safe wavelengths
Author :
Kubo, Tracy S. ; Kane, Thomas J.
Author_Institution :
Lightwave Electronics Corp., Mountain View, CA, USA
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors have built CW, single-frequency, and Q-switched diode-pumped lasers at 2.02 μm using Tm:YAG and at 2.09 μm using Tm, Ho:YAG. For CW-pumped Q-switched operation near room temperature, Tm:YAG performed much better. CW diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers at 1.833 and 0.946 μm were built. The 0.946-μm laser was used to pump a Yb, Er:YAG laser, which oscillated at 1.623 μm and a Yb, Er:Glass laser, which oscillated at 1.534 μm
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; holmium; laser transitions; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; ytterbium; 0.946 micron; 1.534 micron; 1.623 micron; 1.833 micron; 2.02 micron; 2.09 micron; Q-switched diode-pumped lasers; YAG:Nd; YAG:Tm; YAG:Tm,Ho; YAG:Yb,Er; YAl5O12:Nd; YAl5O12:Tm; YAl5O12:Tm,Ho; YAl5O12:Yb,Er; Yb, Er:Glass laser; continuous wave; diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers; eye-safe wavelengths; single-frequency; Diffraction; Diodes; Erbium; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser radar; Neodymium; Pump lasers; Temperature;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
