Title :
High-power room-temperature Pr/sup 3+/,Yb/sup 3+/:LiYF/sub 4/ upconversion laser in the visible spectral range
Author :
Heumann, E. ; Kueck, S. ; Huber, Gunter
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser-Phys., Hamburg Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Laser emission of Pr:LiYF/sub 4/ (YLF) was demonstrated on several wavelengths in the visible spectral range both in the pulsed and cw mode. In any case the /sup 3/P/sub j/ manifold, where the laser radiation originates, was excited directly by flashlamps, dye lasers or argon-ion lasers. Recently a quite interesting concept has been reported using a diode pumped intracavity frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser at 473 nm as a pump source.
Keywords :
fluorescence; lithium compounds; optical pumping; praseodymium; solid lasers; stimulated emission; ytterbium; /sup 3/P/sub j/ manifold; 473 nm; LiYF/sub 4/:Pr,Yb; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; argon-ion lasers; cw mode; diode pumped intracavity frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser; dye lasers; flashlamps; high-power room-temperature Pr/sup 3+/,Yb/sup 3+/:LiYF/sub 4/ upconversion laser; laser emission; laser pump sources; laser radiation; pulsed mode; visible spectral range; Coatings; Crystallization; Diodes; Doping; Frequency; Laser modes; Mirrors; Physics; Semiconductor process modeling; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906670
