Title :
High efficiency flashlamp-pumped lasers at 1.3 /spl mu/m with Nd-doped crystals: Scientific and medical applications
Author :
Boquillon, J.P. ; Musset, O. ; Guillet, H. ; Roy, Sandip
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Phys., Bourgogne Univ., Dijon, France
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The authors have developed a flashlamp-pumped laser, emitting around 1.3 /spl mu/m and have tested several Nd-doped crystals. They began with Nd:YAG and Nd:KGW rods and obtained rather good but not sufficient efficiencies. They then turned to the Nd:YAP crystal which presents a better gain cross-section at 1.34 /spl mu/m than Nd:YAG and is used successfully in a commercial laser for dentistry.
Keywords :
laser applications in medicine; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.34 mum; KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/:Nd; Nd-doped crystals; Nd:KGW; Nd:YAG; Nd:YAP crystal; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; YAlO/sub 3/:Nd; dentistry; gain cross-section; high efficiency flashlamp-pumped lasers; medical applications; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Lenses; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833976
