Title :
Cw-laser operation at 1056 nm in disordered Nd3+-doped NaLa(WO4)2 crystals
Author :
Rico, M. ; Garcia-Cortes, A. ; Cascales, C. ; Zaldo, C. ; Zharikov, E.V. ; Subbotin, K.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
In this work we show, for the first time to our knowledge, room temperature cw-laser emission for Nd at 1.06 μm in a NaLaW single crystal using a quasihemispherical linear cavity. The Nd-NaLaW crystal has been grown in air by the Czochralski method. Improvements in the concentration and size of used single crystal Nd-NLaW samples, as well as modifications in the cavity will lead, in a very near future, to the optimisation of the obtained slope efficiencies, threshold and output powers.
Keywords :
crystal growth from melt; lanthanum compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical materials; sodium compounds; solid lasers; 1.06 micron; 1056 nm; Czochralski method; NaLa(WO4)2:Nd3+; crystal growth; cw-laser operation; disordered Nd3+-doped crystals; output power; quasihemispherical linear cavity; room temperature cw-laser emission; slope efficiency; threshold power; Crystallization; Crystals; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Neodymium; Power generation; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567835
