The effect of Cr concentration on emission cross-section and fluorescence lifetime in Cr,Yb:YAG crystal

被引:24
作者
Dong, J [1 ]
Deng, PZ
机构
[1] Univ Cent Florida, Sch Opt, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[2] Univ Cent Florida, CREOL, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[3] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
Cr; Yb : YAG crystal; self-Q-switched; energy transfer; emission cross-section;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-2313(03)00012-7
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The emission cross-section, and fluorescence lifetime of Cr,Yb:YAG with different concentration of Cr4+ and Yb:YAG were measured. With the increase of Cr concentration in Cr,Yb:YAG, the emission cross-section keeps constant and fluorescence lifetime decreases. The quantum efficiency decreases and the energy transfer efficiency from Yb3+ to Cr4+ increase as the Cr concentration increases in Cr-Yb-co-doped Cr,Yb:YAG system. The nonradiative Yb3+ --> Cr4+ energy transfer-is consistent with an electric dipole-dipole interaction mechanism. The optimum Cr concentration for Cr,Yb:YAG was estimated. Also the potential of Cr,Yb:YAG as a self-Q-switched laser crystal was discussed. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:151 / 158
页数:8
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