Title :
Solid state VUV lasers
Author :
Hooker, Simon M. ; Cashmore, Julian S. ; Webb, Colin E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Oxford Univ., UK
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379403
