Citation
Mc. Nostrand et al., Room-temperature laser action at 4.3-4.4 mu m in CaGa2S4 : Dy3+, OPTICS LETT, 24(17), 1999, pp. 1215-1217
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592
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Volume
24
Issue
17
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1215 - 1217
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990901)24:17<1215:RLAA4M>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report room-temperature mid-IR laser operation in a new low-phonon-frequ
ency nonhygroscopic host crystal, calcium thiogallate (CaGa2S4). Laser acti
on at 4.31-4.38 mu m on the Dy3+ H-6(11/2) --> H-6(13/2) transition occurre
d with a maximum slope efficiency of 1.6%. (C) 1999 Optical Society of Amer
ica.