Stable room-temperature tunable color center lasers based on LiF:F/sub 2//sup +/* and LiF:F/sub 2//sup -/ crystals for 830-1310-nm spectral range pumped by the 532 and 1064 nm radiations from a neodymium laser

Author

Ter-Mikirtychev, V.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Gen. Phys., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

154

Abstract

Summary form only given. The new F/sub 2//sup +/ color centers (i.e., F/sub 2//sup +/*), which are F/sub 2//sup +/ centers modified by association with OH/sup -/-Mg/sup 2+/ impurity complex are proposed to obtain simultaneously photo- and thermostability of F/sub 2//sup +/ centers in LiF crystals. The crystal with F/sub 2//sup +/-OH/sup -/Mg/sup 2+/ centers was investigated at room temperature to study absorption, luminescent, and lasing parameters. The active elements were 50-mm length and have a 2.6-cm/sup -1/ absorption coefficient of F/sub 2//sup +/* color centers at maximum of absorption band.

Keywords

M-centres; colour centre lasers; laser stability; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical pumping; 830 to 1310 nm; F/sub 2//sup +/* center; F/sub 2//sup -/ center; LiF; LiF crystal; OH/sup -/-Mg/sup 2+/ impurity complex; absorption; luminescence; neodymium laser pumping; photostability; room-temperature tunable color center laser; thermostability; Absorption; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864493