EFFECT OF TM CONCENTRATION ON THE TUNABILITY OF THE YLF LASER IN THE 1.9 MU-M REGION

Authors
DILIETO A MINGUZZI P TONCELLI A TONELLI M JENSSEN HP
Citation
A. Dilieto et al., EFFECT OF TM CONCENTRATION ON THE TUNABILITY OF THE YLF LASER IN THE 1.9 MU-M REGION, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 62(5), 1996, pp. 443-447
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
62
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
443 - 447
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1996)62:5<443:EOTCOT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We describe the continuous-wave (cw) operation of a LiYF4 laser based on crystals doped with different concentrations of Tm3+. We observed t he fluorescence spectra from the upper laser level when the crystal is placed inside the laser resonator, in the same optical environment of the coherent emission. We measured the laser intensity as a function of pump power and obtained a 24% slope efficiency by selecting a suita ble orientation of the crystal. Using all this information, we were ab le to demonstrate laser tunability at 1.9 mu m in a 50 cm(-1) wide int erval.