Use of a LiF colour centre laser for pumping an Yb:YAG active medium
| Autor: | Tasoltan T. Basiev, Yu. V. Senatsky, V. A. Konyushkin, N. E. Bykovsky |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Ytterbium
Materials science business.industry chemistry.chemical_element Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Laser pumping Nanosecond Laser Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Crystal Optical pumping Optics chemistry law Colour centre Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business Inertial confinement fusion |
| Zdroj: | Quantum Electronics. 34:1138-1142 |
| ISSN: | 1468-4799 1063-7818 |
| Popis: | An Yb:YAG laser crystal containing 20% of Yb was pumped by a F2+:LiF colour centre laser emitting in the spectral range from 0.89 to 0.95 μm. We managed to pump 10% of a total amount of Yb ions to the 2F5/2 metastable level of ytterbium in small volumes of the optically dense Yb:YAG laser crystal, which corresponds to the energy density stored in the crystal equal to 30 J cm-3. Nanosecond pulses were generated at transitions between the Stark components of the 2F5/2 and 2F7/2 levels of Yb3+ ions at the wavelengths near 1.03 and 1.05 μm. The possibility of using Yb:YAG crystals and ceramics in high-power laser drivers in laser fusion experiments is discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|