Solid state VUV lasers

Author

Hooker, Simon M. ; Cashmore, Julian S. ; Webb, Colin E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Oxford Univ., UK

fYear

1993

fDate

15-18 Nov 1993

Firstpage

740

Lastpage

741

Abstract

Summary form only given. We will present the measured VUV transmission and F₂ laser induced fluorescence of a number of samples of Nd:LaF₃, Nd:YLF, Tb:YLF, and Ho:YLF. Of these, the LaF₃ in particular appears to exhibit significant absorption at the Nd:LaF₃ laser wavelength, and we shall discuss the possible causes of this loss as well as attempts to eliminate it. We will also present the preliminary results of experiments to measure the optical gain in a number of rare-earth doped trifluorides

Keywords

fluorescence; lanthanum compounds; laser transitions; neodymium; optical losses; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; ultraviolet spectra; ultraviolet spectroscopy; F₂ laser induced fluorescence; Ho:YLF; LaF₃:Nd; LiYF4:Ho; LiYF4:Nd; LiYF4:Tb; Nd:LaF₃; Nd:LaF₃ laser wavelength; Nd:YLF; Tb:YLF; YLF:Ho; YLF:Nd; YLF:Tb; measured VUV transmission; optical gain; rare-earth doped trifluorides; solid state VUV lasers; Absorption; Electrons; Fluorescence; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Phonons; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1263-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1993.379403

Filename

379403