EFFICIENT, BROADLY TUNABLE, LASER-PUMPED TM-YAG AND TM-YSGG CW LASERS

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作者
STONEMAN, RC
ESTEROWITZ, L
机构
[1] Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6551, Washington, DC
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10.1364/OL.15.000486
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Broadly tunable cw laser emission is reported in Tm:YAG and Tm:YSGG at room temperature with Ti:sapphire laser pumping. The Tm3+3F4 → 3H6 transition is tuned continuously over the ranges 1.87–2.16 μm in YAG and 1.85–2.14 μm in YSGG. Smooth tuning results from overlapping transitions between phonon-broadened crystal field Stark levels. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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