Measuring the stimulated-emission cross-section: a case study in Nd:GGG

Autor: Mark D. Rotter, Brent Dane
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Optics Communications. 198:155-161
ISSN: 0030-4018
Popis: The stimulated-emission cross-section is a fundamental optical parameter that is used to characterize laser-active media. Oftentimes, one has incomplete information as regards to the spectroscopy or doping concentration of the laser-active species. In this paper, we present a method for the measurement of the stimulated-emission cross-section which is useful if either the concentration of laser-active species or detailed spectroscopic information is not known a priori, or as a means of comparing the results of several methods of cross-section determination. The method requires only a few simple measurements and is amenable to media in bulk form.
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