• DocumentCode
    447976
  • Title

    Semiconductor laser pumping of a continuous-wave Pr3+:LiYF4 laser emitting at several wavelengths

  • Author

    Richter, A. ; Heumann, E. ; Osiac, E. ; Scheife, H. ; Huber, G. ; Seelert, W. ; Diening, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Laser-Phys., Hamburg Univ., Germany
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    476
  • Abstract
    We report continuous-wave laser operation of Pr3+:LiYF4 at 639.7 nm, 607.3 nm, and 522.6 nm using a frequency-doubled optically pumped semiconductor laser as pump source. Furthermore, a red continuous-wave Pr3+:LiYF4 laser was realized under GaN laser diode pumping.
  • Keywords
    gallium compounds; laser beams; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; praseodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 522.6 nm; 607.3 nm; 639.7 nm; GaN; LiYF4:Pr; YLF:Pr3+; continuous-wave laser operation; frequency-doubled optically pumped semiconductor laser; laser diode pumping; pump source; red continuous-wave solid laser; semiconductor laser pumping; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Particle beam optics; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201818
  • Filename
    1572884