FLASHLAMP PUMPED, ROOM TEMPERATURE Nd:YAG LASER OPERATING AT 0.946 MICROMETERS

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 115-118

  Barnes, Norman P ^a   Walsh, Brian M ^b   Murray, Keith E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical resonators; Rare earth solid state lasers; Thermal lensing

Indexed keywords

NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; STORAGE EFFICIENCY; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSIONS; ENERGY STORAGE EFFICIENCIES; FLASH LAMP; ND : YAG LASERS; ND:YAG LASER; RARE EARTH SOLID-STATE LASER; RARE-EARTHS; SIMPLE++; SOLID-STATE LASERS; THERMAL LENSING;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 85135471682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. S. Dimov, E. Pelik, and H. Walther, "A Flashlamp Pumped 946 nm Nd:YAG Laser, " Appl Phvs. B 53 6-10, (1991).
2. E. P. Chicklis, C. S. Naiman, R. C. Folweiler, and J. C. Doherty, "Stimulated Emission In Multiply Doped Ho:YLF and YAG, A Comparison, " IEEE J. Quant. Elect. QE-8 225-230 (1972) A threshold of about 62 J and a slope efficiency of 0.0075 was reported.