LASER OPERATION AND SPECTROSCOPY OF TM-HO-GDVO4

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作者
MORRIS, PJ [1 ]
LUTHY, W [1 ]
WEBER, HP [1 ]
ZAVARTSEV, YD [1 ]
STUDENIKIN, PA [1 ]
SHCHERBAKOV, I [1 ]
ZAGUMENYI, AI [1 ]
机构
[1] ACAD SCI, INST GEN PHYS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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10.1016/0030-4018(94)90525-8
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Laser operation on the Ho 5I7-5I8 2 mum transition in Tm:Ho:GdVO4 is described, to our knowledge for the first time. This material has very strong and broad absorption bands, alpha = 19.1 cm-1 at 797 nm with a fwhm of 7 nm, which is very desirable for diode pumping. The fluorescence spectrum is continuous from 1.9 to 2.07 mum with two closely spaced peaks at 2.04 and 2.05 mum. A 0.7 mm long Tm:Ho:GdVO4 sample was pumped by a titanium sapphire laser using the active mirror geometry to achieve 90% pump absorption efficiency. Room temperature lasing was achieved at 2.049 mum.
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