Spectroscopic properties at 1.351 mu m of Nd3+-doped KY(WO4)(2) and KGd(WO4)(2) single crystals for Raman

Authors
Brenier, A Bourgeois, F Metrat, G Muhlstein, N Boulon, G
Citation
A. Brenier et al., Spectroscopic properties at 1.351 mu m of Nd3+-doped KY(WO4)(2) and KGd(WO4)(2) single crystals for Raman, OPT MATER, 16(1-2), 2001, pp. 207-211
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
OPTICAL MATERIALS
ISSN journal
09253467 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
207 - 211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-3467(200102/03)16:1-2<207:SPA1MM>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Spectroscopic properties around 1.35 mum are investigated for Nd3+-doped KY (WO4)(2) and KGd(WO4)(2) bi-axial single crystals. Unlike previously publis hed works, all measurements have been done along optical axes. Our aim is t o evaluate the feasibility of an eye-safe laser emission into the range 1.5 1-1.57 mum. A complete Judd-Ofelt analysis and excited state absorption (ES A) have been undertaken so that we can give laser gains at 1.35 mum. Then w e compare several schemes of Raman laser actions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.