Performance of a Cr:YAG laser

Author

Eilers, Hergen ; Dennis, William M. ; Yen, William M. ; Kück, Stefan ; Peterman, Klaus ; Huber, Gunter ; Jia, W.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Georgia Univ., Athens, GA, USA

Volume

29

Issue

9

fYear

1993

fDate

9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2508

Lastpage

2512

Abstract

We report on the performance of a Cr⁴⁺:YAG laser, tunable over the range from 1.32 to 1.53 μm, under different operating conditions. Laser action has been achieved by pumping with a Nd:YAG laser in the Q-switched mode and cw mode and with a Cr:Nd:GSGG laser in the long pulse mode. Slope efficiencies up to 22% in the Q-switched mode have been achieved. The lowest threshold was 30 mJ for the long pulse pumped mode. Excited state absorption seems to limit the tuning range and the output characteristics

Keywords

Q-switching; chromium; laser tuning; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.32 to 1.53 mum; 22 percent; 30 mJ; Cr:Nd:GSGG laser; Cr:YAG laser; Cr⁴⁺:YAG laser; GdScGG:Nd; GdScGa5O12:Nd; Nd:YAG laser; Q-switched mode; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; cw mode; excited state absorption; laser action; long pulse mode; long pulse pumped mode; lowest threshold; operating conditions; output characteristics; pumping; slope efficiencies; tunable; tuning range; Absorption; Chromium; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Neodymium; Physics; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.247708

Filename

247708