Pulsed 4F3/2 to 4I9/2 operation of Nd lasers

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2169-2177

  Barnes, Norman P ^a   Walsh, Brian M ^b   Hutcheson, Ralph L ^c   Equall, Randy W ^c  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Scientific Materials Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001653852     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.16.002169     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. 3," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-24, 1029-1038 (1988).
2. 3+:YAG," Appl. Phys. Lett 15, 111-112 (1969).
3. 9/2," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 8, 501-501 (1972).
4. T. Y. Fan and R. L. Byer, "Modeling and cw operation of a quasi three level 946 nm Nd:YAG laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 23, 605-612 (1987).
5. W. P. Risk and W. Lenth, "Room temperature continuous wave 946 nm Nd:YAG laser pumped by laser diode arrays and intracavity frequency doubling to 473 nm," Opt. Lett. 12, 993-995 (1987).
6. G. Hollemann, E. Piek, and H. W. Walther, "Frequency stabilized diode pumped Nd:YAG at 946 nm with harmonics at 473 nm and 237 nm," Opt. Lett. 19, 192-194 (1994).
7. W. A. Clarkson, R. Koch, and D. C. Hanna, "Room temperature diode bar pumped Nd:YAG laser at 946 mn," Opt. Lett. 21, 737-739 (1996).
8. 5," Appl. Phys. B: Photophys. Laser Chem. 65, 789-792 (1997).
9. S. Dimov, E. Peik, and H. Walther, "A flashlamp pumped 946 nm Nd:YAG laser," Appl. Phys. B 53, 6-10 (1991).
10. F. Hansen, "Efficient operation of a room temperature Nd:YAG 946 nm laser pumped with multiple diode arrays," Opt. Lett. 20, 148-150 (1995).
11. F. Hansen and P. Poirier, "Long pulse and Q-switched operation of diode pumped Nd:YAG at 0.946 μm," in Advanced Solid State Lasers, W. R. Bosenberg and M. M. Fejer, eds., Vol. 19 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1998), pp. 317-319.
12. 12 materials: applications toward a compositionally tuned 0.94-μm laser," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 15, 2794-2801 (1998).
13. N. P. Barnes, B. M. Walsh, D. J. Reichle, and R. E. Hutcheson, "Nd:GYAG for improved performance at 0.946 μm," in Advanced Solid State Lasers, W. R. Bosenberg and M. M. Fejer, eds., Vol. 19 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics Series (Optical Society of America, Washington, D.C., 1998), pp. 108-110.
14. 3) energy levels in four garnet hosts," Phys. Rev. B 41, 7999-8012 (1990).
15. 3+ in yttrium aluminum garnet at room temperature," Phys. Rev. B 10, 2566-2572 (1974).
16. N. P. Barnes and B. M. Walsh, "Amplified spontaneous emission: application to Nd:YAG lasers," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-35, 101-109 (1999).
17. T. Kushida, "Linewidth and thermal shifts of spectral lines in neodymium doped yttrium aluminum garnet and calcium fluorophosphate," Phys. Rev. 185, 500-508 (1969).