Title :
Rare-earth-ion-doped sesquioxide laser materials
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg
Abstract :
In this contribution the spectroscopic properties of the Yb-doped sesquioxides like absorption, emission, and lifetime data will be discussed with special consideration of concentration quenching effects since high doping concentrations are necessary for high power thin-disc lasers. Furthermore, recent results of cw-and mode-locked laser experiments with TiSa-and diode-laser pumping will be reported.
Keywords :
doping; laser mode locking; lutetium compounds; optical pumping; radiation quenching; scandium compounds; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Lu2O3:Yb; Sc2O3:Yb; Y2O3:Yb; Yb-doped sesquioxides; concentration quenching effects; cw-laser; diode-laser pumping; high doping concentrations; high power thin-disc lasers; mode-locked laser; rare-earth-ion-doping; sesquioxide laser materials; spectroscopic properties; Absorption; Crystals; Doping; Infrared heating; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386227
