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

Tunability of the Cr3+:GSGG laser

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Cr3+ doped Gd(Sc,Ga) garnet (GSGG) was the first tunable cw laser of a transition metal ion at room temperature.1 Other Cr3+:Ga garnets and Cr3+: Gd(Sc,Al) garnets2 exhibit similar laser characteristics. All these crystals have similar spectroscopic properties showing strong broadband luminescence in the 700-950-nm region with lifetimes and emission cross sections of the order of 100-200 µsec and 1×10−20 cm2, respectively. R-line emission (2E4A2) is negligible. The vibrationally broadened 4T24A2 transition is observed, resulting in a four-level laser. Therefore, analysis of the Cr3+:GSGG laser is representative of this whole class of new laser.

© 1984 Optical Society of America

PDF Article
More Like This
Flashlamp-pumped Cr3+: GSAG and Cr3+:GSGG: Slope Efficiency, Resonator Design, Color Centers and Tunability

J. Drube, G. Huber, and D. Mateika
WB7 Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL) 1986

Efficiency and tunability of flashlamp-pumped Cr3+:GSAG and Cr3+:GSGG lasers

J. Drube, G. Huber, and D. Mateika
THB4 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO:S&I) 1986

Gd3+ ➝ Cr3+ Energy Transfer and Cr3+ Decay Dynamics in Cr3+-Doped GSGG, GSAG, and GGG

D. S. Hamilton, Li-Ji Lyu, U. Sliwczuk, G. J. Pogatshnik, and L. S. Cain
EE3 Advanced Solid State Lasers (ASSL) 1989

Select as filters


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