DocumentCode
1269062
Title
Ti3+ ion concentration and Ti:sapphire laser performance
Author
McKinnie, Iain T. ; Oien, AnnMarie L. ; Wanington, D.M. ; Tonga, Paul N. ; Gloster, Lawrence A W ; King, Terence A.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Otago Univ., Dunedin, New Zealand
Volume
33
Issue
7
fYear
1997
fDate
7/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1221
Lastpage
1230
Abstract
The pulsed and CW laser performance of a range of titanium sapphire laser crystals is reported. Titanium ion concentration in the crystals ranged from 0.07 at.% to 0.25 and 0.41 at.% for some recently developed heavily doped crystals. Values of the crystal figure of merit lay between 30 and 220. Threshold, slope efficiency, tunability, and temporal response are assessed. Comparisons are made with the predictions of a simple rate equation model
Keywords
laser tuning; optical pumping; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; CW laser performance; Ti:sapphire laser performance; Ti3+ ion concentration; crystal figure of merit; crystals; heavily doped crystals; laser tuning; pulsed and CW laser performance; simple rate equation model; slope efficiency; temporal response; titanium ion concentration; titanium sapphire laser crystals; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Extraterrestrial measurements; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Titanium;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.594888
Filename
594888
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