Title :
Highly efficient site-selective laser emission in the 900 nm range in Nd:strontium lanthanum aluminate
Author :
Aka, G. ; Vivien, D. ; Lupei, V.
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Chimie Appliquee de l´´Etat Solide, CNRS, Paris, France
Abstract :
Efficient quasi-three-level-laser emission in 900 nm range is obtained for Nd/sup 3+/ in strontium lanthanum aluminate. The dependence of laser emission on crystal composition and pump wavelength is correlated with the spectroscopic and structural properties.
Keywords :
laser transitions; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 900 nm; Nd-strontium lanthanum aluminate; Sr/sub 1-x/Nd/sub y/La/sub x-y/Mg/sub x/Al/sub 12-x/O/sub 19/; crystal composition; pump wavelength; quasithree-level-laser emission; site-selective laser emission; spectroscopic properties; structural properties;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
