Tunable and mode-locking operation of a diode-pumped Nd:Ca/sub 3/(GaNb)/sub 2-x/Ga/sub 3/O/sub 12/ laser

Author

Agnesi, Antonio ; Dell´Acqua, S. ; Guandalini, A. ; Reali, Gianluca ; Cornacchia, F. ; Toncelli, A. ; Tonelli, Mauro ; Shinamura, K. ; Fukuda, Toshio

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Pavia Univ., Italy

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. Fluorescence spectra of Nd/sup 3+/2% wt in CNGG (formula Ca/sub 3/(GaNb)/sub 2-x/Ga/sub 3/O/sub 12/) were recorded at temperatures ranging from 10 and 298 K, for 0.9 /spl mu/m, 1.06 /spl mu/m, 1.32 /spl mu/m bands. The room temperature absorption spectra from 300 to 2700 nm show broad band structures, the 807 nm peak has /spl alpha/=10 cm/sup -1/ with FWHM of 7 nm (8 times higher than Nd:YAG with same doping density), revealing the disordered nature of the crystalline matrix.

Keywords

calcium compounds; fluorescence; impurity absorption spectra; laser mode locking; laser transitions; laser tuning; neodymium; optical materials; stimulated emission; 0.9 mum; 1.06 mum; 1.32 mum; 10 to 298 K; Ca/sub 3/(GaNb)/sub 2-x/Ga/sub 3/O/sub 12/:Nd; Ca/sub 3/(GaNb)/sub 2/Ga/sub 3/O/sub 12/:Nd; Nd:Ca/sub 3/(GaNb)/sub 2-x/Ga/sub 3/O/sub 12/ laser; broad band structures; broad bands; crystalline matrix; diode-pumped; disordered nature; doping density; fluorescence spectra; laser tuning; mode-locking operation; room temperature absorption spectra; Diodes; Filters; Fluorescence; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Propagation delay; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909874

Filename

909874