Title :
Ti3+ ion concentration and Ti:sapphire laser performance
Author :
McKinnie, Iain T. ; Oien, AnnMarie L. ; Wanington, D.M. ; Tonga, Paul N. ; Gloster, Lawrence A W ; King, Terence A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Otago Univ., Dunedin, New Zealand
fDate :
7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The pulsed and CW laser performance of a range of titanium sapphire laser crystals is reported. Titanium ion concentration in the crystals ranged from 0.07 at.% to 0.25 and 0.41 at.% for some recently developed heavily doped crystals. Values of the crystal figure of merit lay between 30 and 220. Threshold, slope efficiency, tunability, and temporal response are assessed. Comparisons are made with the predictions of a simple rate equation model
Keywords :
laser tuning; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; CW laser performance; Ti:sapphire laser performance; Ti3+ ion concentration; crystal figure of merit; crystals; heavily doped crystals; laser tuning; pulsed and CW laser performance; simple rate equation model; slope efficiency; temporal response; titanium ion concentration; titanium sapphire laser crystals; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Titanium;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
