CONTINUOUS-WAVE 1.50-MU-M THULIUM CASCADE LASER

被引:45
作者
STONEMAN, RC
ESTEROWITZ, L
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[1] Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
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10.1364/OL.16.000232
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A cascade laser scheme is used to obtain continuous-wave 1.50-mu-m laser emission at room temperature on the normally self-terminating Tm3+ H-3(4) --> 3F4 transition in YLiF4. The long-lived 3F4 state is quenched through energy transfer to the Ho3+ 5I7 state, which is depopulated through the Ho3+ 5I7 --> 5I8 2.06-mu-m laser transition.
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