DocumentCode
412118
Title
Room temperature laser performance of Nd:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ at 914 nm
Author
Williams-Byrd, Julie A. ; Petway, Larry B. ; Edwards, William C. ; Turner, Matthew C.
Author_Institution
NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
We will report the first ever lasing of Nd:yttria at 914 nm with room temperature operation. The importance of Nd:yttria to the atmospherics science community will be described along with the performance of the Nd:yttria laser at 914 nm and 1073 nm.
Keywords
neodymium; solid lasers; thermo-optical effects; yttrium compounds; 1073 nm; 293 to 298 K; 914 nm; Nd:yttria laser; Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Nd; atmospherics science community; room temperature laser performance; Instruments; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Monitoring; NASA; Neodymium; Optical materials; Optical transmitters; Pump lasers; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298267
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