Title :
Simultaneous multiple wavelength laser action in various neodymium host crystals
Author :
Shen, Hong-Yuan ; Zeng, Zheng-Dong ; Zhou, Yu-Ping ; Yu, G.F. ; Huang, Cheng-Hui ; Zheng-Dong Zeng ; Zhang, W.J. ; Ye, Q.J.
Author_Institution :
Fujian Inst. of Res. on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Acad. of Sci., China
Abstract :
The oscillation condition of a simultaneous multiple wavelength laser has been established and used to analyze the possibility of simultaneous oscillation in various neodymium host crystals, such as Nd:YAG, Nd:YLF, Nd:BEL, and Nd:YAP crystals at the transitions from /sup 4/F/sub 3/2/-/sup 4/I/sub 13/2/ and /sup 4/F/sub 3/2/-/sup 4/I/sub 11/2/. It is shown that this kind of laser can be realized in all the described crystals in a pulsed state. In general, continuous wave (CW) operation, however, can only be achieved for Nd:YAP. On the basis of these results, CW simultaneous double wavelength lasing has been achieved in a Nd:YAP crystal for the first time at both 1.0795 mu m and 1.314 mu m.<>
Keywords :
laser transitions; neodymium; solid lasers; 1.0795 micron; 1.314 micron; CW simultaneous double wavelength lasing; La/sub 2/Be/sub 2/O/sub 5/:Nd; LiYF/sub 4/:Nd; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; YAlO/sub 3/:Nd; continuous wave; laser transitions; multiple wavelength laser action; neodymium host crystals; oscillation condition; pulsed state; simultaneous multiple wavelength laser; simultaneous oscillation; Crystals; Energy states; Fluorescence; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Quantum well lasers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
