Anomalous absorption saturation in Cr,Mg:YAG and Cr,Ca:YAG

Author

Sorokina, Irina T. ; Naumov, S. ; Sorokin, E. ; Ching, W.Y. ; Xu, V.-N. ; Brickeen, B.K.

Author_Institution

Photonics Inst., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. We performed a comparative study of the two Cr:YAG crystals, codoped with Mg (0.3 at%) and Ca (0.5 at%). The study includes analysis of the laser output characteristics, differential absorption spectra of irradiated and cold crystals as well as transmission kinetics of the crystals, which were pumped around 1 /spl mu/m. Kinetics were taken in the operating laser as well as without lasing. The influence of the temperature as well as of the pump power is considered. Slow bleaching (photoinduced anomalous absorption saturation) was observed in both crystals.

Keywords

calcium; chromium; magnesium; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; Cr,Ca:YAG crystal; Cr,Mg:YAG crystal; YAG:Cr,Ca; YAG:Cr,Mg; YAl5O12:Cr,Ca; YAl5O12:Cr,Mg; differential absorption spectra; photoinduced anomalous absorption saturation; slow bleaching; solid-state laser; transmission kinetics; Absorption; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Engines; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;

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.2000.909865

Filename

909865