Title :
Laser oscillation of Nd3+-doped photo-thermo-refractive glass under diode laser pumping
Author :
Sato, Yoichi ; Taira, Takunori ; Smirnov, Vadim ; Glebova, Larissa ; Glebov, Leonid
Author_Institution :
Laser Res. Center for Mol. Sci., Inst. for Mol. Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
Laser oscillation of Nd3+-doped photo-thermo-refractive glass (Nd:PTR) were examined for the first time. We confirmed that laser efficiency of Nd:PTR is stable even with wavelength shift of pump source due to its wide absorption bandwidth.
Keywords :
Absorption; Bandwidth; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Neodymium; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
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