Compact and tunable UV-visible laser based on Ce-doped laser crystals

Author

Laroche, M. ; Girard, S. ; Moncorge, Richard ; Quarles, G.J. ; Gesland, J.Y.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. All-solid state and compact tunable UV laser sources based on Ce-doped crystals have already proved their advantages, in terms of efficiency and beam quality. Two Ce-doped laser crystals were particularly addressed in the present work: Ce,Na:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ (LiSAF) and Ce:LiLuF/sub 4/ (LiLuF). The former was grown with Ce/sup 3+/ and Na/sup +/ dopant concentrations of about 0.25%. There was a /spl Pi/ polarization absorption coefficient at 266 nm (the wavelength of the frequency-quadrupled Nd:YAG pump laser).

Keywords

absorption coefficients; cerium; laser tuning; light polarisation; optical pumping; solid lasers; Ce,Na:LiSrAlF/sub 6/; Ce-doped laser crystals; Ce:LiLuF/sub 4/; LiLuF/sub 4/:Ce; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Ce,Na; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; beam quality; compact tunable UV laser sources; dopant concentrations; frequency-quadrupled Nd:YAG pump laser; polarization absorption coefficient; tunable UV-visible laser; Absorption; Crystals; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Reluctance generators; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909788

Filename

909788