• DocumentCode
    3026222
  • Title

    Co2+:GSGG as a Saturable Absorber for Resonantly Laser Pumped 1.6 μm Er:YAG Laser

  • Author

    Nash, Kelly L. ; Yow, Raylon M. ; Gruber, John B. ; Nijjar, Anmol S. ; Zandi, Bahram ; Kokta, Milan R. ; Sardar, Dhiraj K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Co:GSGG has excellent spectroscopic properties as a saturable absorber for resonantly laser-pumped 1.6 mum Er:YAG at 1620 nm (RT). Absorption, emission cross sections, lifetimes, modeling results are reported for 3-level gain/4-level absorber.
  • Keywords
    cobalt; erbium; gadolinium compounds; infrared spectra; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; photoluminescence; scandium compounds; solid lasers; Er:YAG laser; GdScGG:Co; YAG:Er; emission cross sections; optical absorption; resonant laser pumping; saturable absorber; spectroscopic properties; wavelength 1.6 mum; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Fluorescence; Garnets; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Pump lasers; Resonance; Spectroscopy; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453692
  • Filename
    4453692
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3026222