Title :
Spectrum broadening of Nd:YVO4 with femtosecond laser pulse processing
Author :
Zhu, Yue ; Wu, Yinzong ; Cao, Shiying ; Zhou, Chun ; Li, Peng ; Dai, Yongheng ; Zhang, Zhigang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Beijing, Beijing
Abstract :
The observation of emission spectrum broadening of Nd:YVO4 by femtosecond laser pulse process is reported. This result opens the possibility of sub-ps pulse generation from Nd ion doped crystals with better physical qualities than glasses.
Keywords :
neodymium; optical materials; optical pulse generation; photoluminescence; spectral line broadening; yttrium compounds; Nd ion doped crystals; YVO4:Nd; emission spectrum broadening; femtosecond laser pulse processing; spectrum broadening; sub-ps pulse generation; Bandwidth; Crystallization; Fluorescence; Laser theory; Neodymium; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Ultrafast electronics; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391094