HIGH-PULSE-ENERGY, ALL-SOLID-STATE, ULTRAVIOLET-LASER OSCILLATOR USING LARGE CZOCHRALSKI-GROWN CE-LICAF CRYSTAL

Authors
LIU Z IZUMIDA S OHTAKE H SARUKURA N SHIMAMURA K MUJILATU N BALDOCHI SL FUKUDA T
Citation
Z. Liu et al., HIGH-PULSE-ENERGY, ALL-SOLID-STATE, ULTRAVIOLET-LASER OSCILLATOR USING LARGE CZOCHRALSKI-GROWN CE-LICAF CRYSTAL, JPN J A P 2, 37(11A), 1998, pp. 1318-1319
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
11A
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1318 - 1319
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A large Ce3+:LiCaAlF6 (Ce:LiCAF) crystal of 15 mm diameter was grown s uccessfully by the Czochralski method. Owing to its large size, the Ce :LiCAF crystal demonstrated a maximum output pulse energy from the Ce: LiCAF laser of 21 mJ at a wavelength of 290 nm with an absorbed pump e nergy of 54 mi from the fourth harmonic of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser o perated at a IO-Bz repetition rate. Furthermore, the lasing threshold was a low 12 mJ, and the slope efficiency was 39%.