LASER DEMONSTRATION OF NEODYMIUM-DOPED STRONTIUM CHLOROVANADATE

Authors
DELOACH LD PAYNE SA CHAI BHT LOUTTS G
Citation
Ld. Deloach et al., LASER DEMONSTRATION OF NEODYMIUM-DOPED STRONTIUM CHLOROVANADATE, Applied physics letters, 65(10), 1994, pp. 1208-1210
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
65
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1208 - 1210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)65:10<1208:LDONSC>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Nd:Sr5(VO4)3Cl has been successfully lased using a Ti:sapphire pump la ser operating at 810 nm. A slope efficiency of 52% for the 1.065 mum l aser line and a lasing threshold of only a few tens of milliwatts have been measured. These favorable results are comparable to another Nd-d oped vanadate apatite, Sr5(VO4)3F. A brief survey of the spectroscopy of Nd3+ in Sr5(VO4)3Cl, Sr5(VO4)3F, and Ca5(VO4)3F reveals properties which suggest the vanadate-based apatite crystals as a whole may repre sent a useful new class of Nd-laser hosts.