Title :
Solid-state lasers with internal radiation cooling
Author :
Andrianov, S.N. ; Petrushkin, S.V. ; Samartsev, V.V.
Author_Institution :
Kazan Phys. & Tech. Inst., Russia
Abstract :
In this paper, new schemes of radiation-balanced laser are proposed. In the first scheme, the pumping radiation is absorbing on the central wavelength of one impurity that excites another impurity by nonradiative up-conversion energy transfer with absorption of phonon and the second impurity serves for the generation of radiation and withdrawal of thermal energy with induced radiation. The second scheme of laser cooling by induced radiation in pulsed regime is proposed for pulsed solid-state lasers when pumping by one pulse with lower frequency and inducing radiation by another pulse with higher frequency. The value of final temperature and solutions for kinetics of process in such cooling schemes are theoretically obtained.
Keywords :
laser cooling; laser transitions; optical pumping; phonon-impurity interactions; solid lasers; thermo-optical effects; internal radiation cooling; laser cooling; nonradiative up-conversion energy transfer; phonon absorption; pumping radiation; radiation-balanced laser; solid-state lasers; thermal energy; Absorption; Cooling; Energy exchange; Frequency; Impurities; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Phonons; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312152