Title :
Performance of various diode-pumped Nd:laser materials: influence of inhomogeneous broadening
Author :
Mermilliod, N. ; Romero, Roselyne ; Chartier, Isabelle ; Garapon, Claudine ; Moncorgé, Richard
Author_Institution :
CEA, LETI, Grenoble, France
fDate :
4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A comparison is made between the laser performance of several diode-pumped Nd3+:laser systems by using strictly identical experimental conditions. The variations of the laser efficiencies with diode wavelength and with the output mirror transmission are reported and analyzed in detail. Very different behaviors are found depending on the multistate character of the laser host and on the inhomogeneous width of the fluorescence lines. The results are interpreted within the frame of a theoretical model recently applied to the case of a diode-pumped Nd3+:phosphate glass laser
Keywords :
fluorescence; luminescence of inorganic solids; neodymium; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; Nd3+:phosphate glass laser; diode wavelength; diode-pumped Nd:laser materials; fluorescence lines; inhomogeneous broadening; inhomogeneous width; laser accessories; laser efficiencies; laser host; laser mirrors; laser performance; output mirror transmission; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Diode lasers; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Zirconium;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
