Title :
All-solid-state tunable ultraviolet Ce activated fluoride laser systems directly pumped by the fourth and fifth harmonic of Nd:YAG lasers
Author :
Liu, Zhenlin ; Ohtake, Hideyuki ; Sarukura, Nobuhiko ; Dubinskii, Mark A. ; Abdulsabirov, Radvil Yu ; Korableva, Stella L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
We have demonstrated the direct generation, efficient amplification, and sum frequency generation (SFG) of tunable UV short pulses from the all-solid-state Ce activated Ce:LiCaAlF6 laser system pumped by Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers. These approach will open up new possibility of ultrashort pulse lasers in ultraviolet region
Keywords :
Q-switching; aluminium compounds; calcium compounds; cerium; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; solid lasers; LiCaAlF6:Ce; Nd:YAG lasers; Q-switched Nd:YAG lasers; UV ultrashort pulse lasers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; all-solid-state Ce activated Ce:LiCaAlF6 laser system; all-solid-state tunable ultraviolet Ce activated fluoride laser systems; direct generation; directly pumped; efficient amplification; fifth harmonic; fourth harmonic; laser pumping; sum frequency generation; tunable UV short pulses; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Optical amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710304
