Title :
Observation of new excitation channel of cerium ion through LiCAF host crystal
Author :
Sakai, Masayuki ; Kozeki, T. ; Ohtake, H. ; Sarukura, N. ; Zhenlin Liu ; Shimamura, Kohei ; Nakano, Kaoru ; Mujilatu, N. ; Fukuda, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 4/ (Ce:LiCAF) is already known as practical tunable ultraviolet laser crystal pumped with the fourth harmonic of an Nd:YAG laser. 60 mJ output from this laser medium was already demonstrated with large-sized CZ-grown crystal. If other pumping schemes were available, it would expand the applicability of this laser medium. In this paper, we report on the observation of new excitation channel of Ce/sup 3+/ through LiCAF host crystal.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; calcium compounds; cerium; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical pumping; stimulated emission; 60 mJ; Ce/sup 3+/:LiCaAlF/sub 4/; LiCAF host crystal; LiCaAlF/sub 4/:Ce; cerium ion; excitation channel; fourth harmonic; large-sized CZ-grown crystal; laser medium; mJ output; pumping schemes; tunable ultraviolet laser crystal; Cerium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910044
