Title :
Dynamics of an Erbium Mid-IR laser
Author :
Bowman, Steven R. ; Condon, Nicholas J. ; O´Connor, Shawn
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
A room temperature 4.5µm laser is reported in Er: KPb2Cl5 crystals using 0.8µm diode excitation. Long fluorescent lifetimes lead to important ETU and ESA processes. The impact of these excitation channels on laser performance is assessed.
Keywords :
Crystalline materials; Crystals; Erbium; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Laser transitions; Optical distortion; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
