Title :
Anti-solarant co-doping of Ce-activated tunable UV laser materials and their laser performance
Author :
Semashko, V.V. ; Dubinskii, M.A. ; Abdulsabirov, R.Yu. ; Naumov, A.K. ; Korableva, S.L.
Author_Institution :
Kazan State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Investigations aimed at improving Ce/sup 3+/ laser material photochemical stability and efficiency have shown that very significant improvement can be achieved by using an anti-solarant co-activation by Yb/sup 3+/ ions. KrF* laser pumped photochemically-stabilized Ce/sup 3+/:LiLuF/sub 4/ have demonstrated the performance with over 62% slope efficiency and no indication of pump-induced performance degradation.
Keywords :
cerium; laser stability; photochemistry; radiation quenching; solid lasers; Ce-activated tunable UV laser materials; LiLuF/sub 4/:Ce,Yb; activator ion fluorescence quenching; anti-solarant codoping; color center formation; concentration quenching; laser performance; laser pumped; photochemical efficiency; photochemical stability; quantum yield; Absorption; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser stability; Laser theory; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.948224
