The potential of rare earth doped silver halide crystals for mid-IR solid state lasers & fiber lasers and amplifiers

Author

Gayer, Ofer ; Lyakhovsky, Irena ; Brodetzki, Guy ; Nagli, Lev ; Katzir, Abraham

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel-Aviv

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The optical properties of rare earth doped silver halide crystals were studied in the middle infrared spectral range. The results indicate that these materials are promising candidates for development of mid-IR fiber lasers and amplifiers.

Keywords

halides; infrared sources; optical materials; optical properties; rare earth alloys; silver compounds; solid lasers; AgJkJk:Jk; fiber amplifiers; fiber lasers; midIR solid state lasers; middle infrared spectral range; rare earth doped silver halide crystal; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Doped fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Infrared spectra; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical materials; Silver; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission; 140.3070 Infrared and far-infrared lasers; 140.3510 Lasers, fiber; 140.5680 Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers; 160.5690 Rare earth doped materials; 999.9999 Silver halide crystals and fibers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628488

Filename

4628488