Title :
Efficient, green laser based on a blue-diode pumped rare earth doped fluoride crystal in an extreme short resonator
Author :
Strotkamp, Michael ; Schwarz, Thomas ; Jungbluth, Bernd
Author_Institution :
Lasers & Laser Opt., Fraunhofer Inst. for Laser Technol., Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
The continuous wave green laser presented in this work is realised by a rare earth doped fluoride crystal laser pumped by a blue laser diode. Pr3+ in LiYF4 is used as the laser ion allowing laser action in many transitions in the visible region. The absorption wavelength of Pr:YLF fits to the emission wavelength of GaN laser diodes commercially available and Pr:YLF emits green at 523 nm.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser transitions; lithium compounds; praseodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; LiYF4:Pr3+; blue-laser diode pumped laser; continuous wave green laser; laser resonator; laser transition; rare earth doped fluoride crystal laser; wavelength 523 nm; Laser excitation; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196609
