EMISSION PROPERTIES OF AN OPTIMIZED 2.8 MU-M ER3+YLF LASER

Authors
WYSS C LUTHY W WEBER HP ROGIN P HULLIGER J
Citation
C. Wyss et al., EMISSION PROPERTIES OF AN OPTIMIZED 2.8 MU-M ER3+YLF LASER, Optics communications, 139(4-6), 1997, pp. 215-218
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
139
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
215 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1997)139:4-6<215:EPOAO2>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A Ti:sapphire-pumped Er3+:YLF laser is built. The samples are grown at our institute and are compared with a commercially available Er3+:YLF . The dopant concentration and the polarisation of the pump beam is op timised. Slope efficiencies up to 50% and thresholds as low as 42 mW a re achieved. The emission properties of the laser are studied. The cw laser emission is linearly polarised. More than 90% of the output powe r is emitted on a single Stark transition.