• DocumentCode
    3630676
  • Title

    Spectroscopy and Lasing of Cryogenically Cooled Yb,Na:CaF2

  • Author

    W. J. Lai;P. B. Phua;G. Andriukaitis;A. Pugzlys;D. Sidorov;A. Irshad;A. Baltuska;L. Giniunas;R. Danielius;L. Su;J. Xu;R. Li

  • Author_Institution
    Nanyang Technological University, 21 Nanyang Link, Singapore 637371
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Absorption, photoluminescence spectra and CW lasing parameters of an Yb3+- and Na+-codoped CaF2 laser crystal are measured in the temperature range from 5 K to 290 K. The crystal appears to be a promising host for broadband multi-mJ kHz CW-pumped regenerative amplification.
  • Keywords
    "Spectroscopy","Thermal conductivity","Ultrafast optics","Crystals","Optical pumping","Optical saturation","Laser excitation","Optical amplifiers","Absorption","Thermal lensing"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2905-9;978-1-4244-3901-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781495
  • Filename
    4781495