Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Incongruent Melting Fluoride Crystals as New Laser Hosts

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Laser diode pumping changes the whole thinking of solid state laser design. To achieve maximum efficiency, it is necessary to optimize material properties of laser hosts. Fluorides, in general, perform well under diode pumping. To further enhance the efficiency, we conclude that high optical anisotropy is desirable. Based on this criteria, we report here our investigation of three new laser host crystals, KYF4, LiGdF4 and KLiYF5. None of these compounds melt congruently, nevertheless, we are able to grow them based on peritectic curves using conventional Czochralski pulling equipment with automatic diameter control. Spectroscopic and lasing results of these crystals are also presented.

© 1993 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
Novel fluoride laser crystal materials

Bruce H. T. Chai
CMD1 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1993

Properties of Cr3+ in new fluoride host crystals

STEPHEN A. PAYNE, L. L. CHASE, L. K. SMITH, and H. W. H. LEE
THKK1 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO:FS) 1989

New Fluoride Laser Hosts with Natural Site for Rare-Earth and Actinide Activation

M. A. Dubinskii
MT2 Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL) 1991

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved