All-solid-state UV tunable picosecond Ce/sup 3+/:LiLuF/sub 4/ laser pumped by the fifth harmonic of Nd:YAG laser

Author

Zhenlin Liu ; Ohtake, H. ; Izumida, S. ; Sarukura, N. ; Dubinskii, M.A. ; Abdulsabirov, R.Yu. ; Korableva, S.L.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

475

Abstract

Ce/sup 3+/:LiLuF/sub 4/ has become the first known all-solid-state tunable UV laser directly pumped by the fifth harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser. Furthermore, we have demonstrated the direct stable generation of single, satellite-free, 880-ps UV pulses under 5-ns, 10-Hz repetition rate pumping conditions.

Keywords

cerium; laser stability; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 5 ns; 880 ps; LiLuF/sub 4/:Ce; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; all-solid-state UV tunable picosecond Ce/sup 3+/:LiLuF/sub 4/ laser; all-solid-state tunable UV laser; direct stable generation; directly pumped; fifth harmonic; pumping conditions; single satellite-free 880-ps UV pulses; Focusing; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Lenses; Optical coupling; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811527

Filename

811527