Title :
Advantages of the microwave resonator technique for photoconductivity measurements in rare-earth-doped solid-state laser crystals
Author_Institution :
LPCML, Univ. Claude Bernard, Villeurbanne, France
Abstract :
We have developed a new technique for photoconductivity measurements in rare-earth-doped dielectric crystals which is based on the detection of the dielectric response of the crystal placed into a microwave resonator and irradiated by pulses of laser light.
Keywords :
laser beams; microwave devices; optical materials; photoconductivity; solid lasers; CaF2:Sm; dielectric response detection; laser light pulses; microwave resonator technique; photoconductivity measurement; rare-earth-doped dielectric crystals; rare-earth-doped solid-state laser crystal; Crystals; Dielectrics; Electron traps; Laser excitation; Masers; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Optical materials; Photoconductivity; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568063
