Superfluorescence and random quasi-phase-matching in pulsed laser deposited Nd:YAG

Author

Hoffmann, M. ; Gyamfi, M. ; Schrameyer, S. ; Blaschke, H. ; Ristau, D. ; Morgner, U.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Quantenopt., Leibniz Universiat Hannover, Hannover, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The pulsed laser deposition technique (PLD) allows for manufacturing thin layers from a wide range of materials. In our experiment we deposit Nd:YAG layers on a fused silica substrate by pulsed laser ablation from a rod target using a Q-switched laser system (Nd:YVO₄) emitting 12 ns pulses at 1064 nm with a repetition rate of 20 kHz. We produced the layers in a vacuum chamber in a typical setup with the laser tilted 45° with respect to the surface normal. The ablation fluence on the target was around 4 J/cm².

Keywords

integrated optics; neodymium; optical phase matching; pulsed laser deposition; superradiance; thin films; yttrium compounds; Q-switched laser system; SiO₂; YAG:Nd; frequency 20 kHz; fused silica substrate; pulsed laser deposition; random quasiphase-matching; rod target; superfluorescence; thin layer manufacturing; vacuum chamber; wavelength 1064 nm; Detectors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942834

Filename

5942834