Comparative study of the main Nd-doped laser materials Nd:YAG, Nd:GdCOB and Nd,MgO:LiNbO/sub 3/ for self-frequency-doubling

Author

Maunier, C. ; Doualan, J.L. ; Moncorge, Richard ; Landais, J.

Author_Institution

Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Ions Lasers, Caen Univ., France

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. Several spectroscopic and physico-chemical parameters have been measured or collected in the literature for a comparison of the laser potentials of the three principal self-frequency doubling (SFD) Nd-doped laser materials. There are chemical, physical, thermomechanical and optical parameters characterizing the host material such as growth technique. There are also key spectroscopic parameters such as the radiative and fluorescence lifetimes.

Keywords

fluorescence; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; radiative lifetimes; solid lasers; stimulated emission; thermo-optical effects; LiNbO/sub 3/:MgO,Nd; Nd,MgO:LiNbO/sub 3/; Nd-doped laser materials; Nd:GdCOB; Nd:YAG; Nd:YCa/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; YCa/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/:Nd; fluorescence; growth technique; optical parameters; physico-chemical parameters; radiative lifetimes; self-frequency-doubling; spectroscopic parameters; thermomechanical properties; Chemical lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Neodymium; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical materials; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034254

Filename

1034254