DocumentCode
354947
Title
Self-quenching mechanisms of the Nd/sup 4/F/sub 3/2/ manifold
Author
Barnes, N.P. ; Filer, E.D. ; Morrison, C.A.
Author_Institution
NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
2-7 June 1996
Firstpage
286
Abstract
Summary form only given. In summary, an alternative approach to model the dependence of the lifetime of the Nd /sup 4/F/sub 3/2/ manifold on the Nd concentration has been calculated and found to agree with experimental data. Lifetime depends on both the diffusion and selfquenching parameters, both of which can be calculated given the energy levels of the laser material.
Keywords
diffusion; neodymium; optical materials; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; Nd/sup 4/F/sub 3/2/ manifold; Nd:doped laser material quenching; energy levels; laser material; self-quenching mechanisms; selfquenching parameters; Atomic measurements; Automatic testing; Energy exchange; Energy measurement; Energy states; Life testing; NASA; Neodymium; Optical materials; Quantum well lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-443-2
Type
conf
Filename
864682
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