Spectroscopic properties and lasing of Nd:Gd0.5La0.5VO4 crystals

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作者
Ostroumov, VG [1 ]
Huber, G [1 ]
Zagumennyi, AI [1 ]
Zavartsev, YD [1 ]
Studenikin, PA [1 ]
Shcherbakov, IA [1 ]
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[1] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI,INST GEN PHYS,MOSCOW 117942,RUSSIA
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10.1016/0030-4018(95)00629-X
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report on the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of new neodymium doped disordered laser crystals of Gd0.5La0.5VO4 for diode laser pumping. The neodymium F-4(3/2) lifetime is 100 mu s and the crystals have a broad (2 nm) absorption band at 808 nm and a high emission cross section (3 x 10(-19) cm(2)) at 1.06 mu m. Under diode pumping 550 mW of output power at 1.06 mu m has been achieved at a slope efficiency of 41%.
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