ROOM-TEMPERATURE GREEN LASER-EMISSION OF ER-LIYF4

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BREDE, R [1 ]
DANGER, T [1 ]
HEUMANN, E [1 ]
HUBER, G [1 ]
CHAI, B [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CENT FLORIDA,CTR RES ELECTROOPT & LASERS,ORLANDO,FL 32826
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10.1063/1.109942
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We report the first demonstration of a green erbium-doped crystal laser at room temperature. Excited with a pulsed dye laser, the erbium-doped LiYF4 crystal emitted on the S-4(3/2)-I-4(15/2) ground state transition. As expected from fluorescence measurements, the emitted radiation was polarized parallel to the optical axis. Laser oscillation has also been observed in erbium-doped Y3Al5O12 and Lu3Al5O12 crystals.
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