HIGH-PERFORMANCE CE3+LISRALF6 LICAALF6 UV LASERS WITH EXTENDED TUNABILITY/

Authors
PINTO JF ESTEROWITZ L QUARLES GJ
Citation
Jf. Pinto et al., HIGH-PERFORMANCE CE3+LISRALF6 LICAALF6 UV LASERS WITH EXTENDED TUNABILITY/, Electronics Letters, 31(23), 1995, pp. 2009-2011
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
23
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2009 - 2011
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:23<2009:HCLULW>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Improved gain-switched laser operation of cerium-doped LiCaAlF6 (Ce3+: LiCAF) and LiSrAlF6 (Ce3+:LiSAF) crystals is described. Pumping with t he quadrupled Nd:YAG laser at 266nm, the Ce3+:LiCAF laser delivers an output energy of 10.2 mJ at an operating wavelength of 288 nm, with a corresponding slope efficiency of 28%, and tunability from 281 to 315n m. For the Ce3+:LiSAF laser, an energy of 5.4 mJ at 290nm, slope effic iency of 16%, and tuning range extending from 283 - 313 nm are obtaine d.