• 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