• DocumentCode
    2789651
  • Title

    Co2+: GSGG as a saturable absorber for resonantly laser pumped 1.6µm Er:YAG laser

  • Author

    Nash, Kelly L. ; Yow, Raylon M. ; Gruber, John B. ; Nijjar, Anmol S. ; Zandi, Bahram ; Kokta, Milan R. ; Sardar, Dhiraj K.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, 78249-0697 USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Co:GSGG has excellent spectroscopic properties as a saturable absorber for resonantly laser-pumped 1.6 µm ErYAG at 1620nm (RT). Absorption, emission cross sections, lifetimes, modeling results are reported for 3-level gain/4-level absorber.
  • Keywords
    Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fluorescence; Garnets; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Pump lasers; Resonance; Spectroscopy; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431469
  • Filename
    4431469