DocumentCode
412168
Title
Nd/sup 3+/ doped yttrium and gadolinium orthovanadates crystal fibers for the construction of diode-pumped lasers at 1.06 /spl mu/m
Author
de Camargo, Andrea S.S. ; De O Nunes, Luiz Antonio
Author_Institution
Inst. de Fisica de Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo Univ., Brazil
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
This work presents the study of a set of Nd/sup 3+/ doped yttrium and gadolinium orthovanadates crystal fibers, characterizing them as potential diode-pumped laser media. Stimulated emission at 1.06 /spl mu/m was achieved in an YVO/sub 4/:Nd/sup 3+/ fiber.
Keywords
gadolinium; neodymium; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; stimulated emission; vanadium compounds; yttrium compounds; 1.06 micron; GdVO/sub 4/:Nd/sup 3+/; Nd/sup 3+/ doped gadolinium; Nd/sup 3+/ doped yttrium; YVO/sub 4/:Nd/sup 3+/; YVO/sub 4/:Nd/sup 3+/ fiber; orthovanadate crystal fibers; potential diode-pumped lasers; stimulated emission; Crystals; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Neodymium; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Yttrium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298317
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