• DocumentCode
    2022729
  • Title

    Recent developments in scaling output energy from erbium-based lasers and their uses as pump sources for MWIR & LWIR OPOs

  • Author

    Shori, Ramesh K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    805
  • Abstract
    TEM00 Q-switched outputs of >100 mJ at 2.94 μm was generated using a dual rod oscillator. The output from the laser was used to pump ZGP, CdSe, and AgGaSe2 OPOs to generate output in the 3.5-12 μm spectral regions.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; Q-switching; cadmium compounds; erbium; fluorescence; gallium compounds; germanium compounds; infrared spectra; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; silver compounds; solid lasers; ternary semiconductors; zinc compounds; 2.94 mum; 3.5 to 12 mum; AgGaSe2; CdSe; LWIR OPO; MWIR OPO; TEM00 Q-switched outputs; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; ZnGeP2; dual rod oscillator; erbium-based lasers; pump sources; Absorption; Dentistry; Erbium; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power engineering and energy; Pump lasers; Remote sensing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363485
  • Filename
    1363485
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2022729