Pump-probe measurements and modeling of U/sup 4+/ in calcium fluoride as a passive Q-switch for the Er:Yb:glass laser

Pump-probe measurements and modeling of U/sup 4+/ in calcium fluoride as a passive Q-switch for the Er:Yb:glass laser

Summary form only given. Several groups of investigators have used U/sup 4+/:CaF/sub 2/ as a passive Q-switch in Er:Yb glass systems. In order to properly interpret their results, and to assist in predicting optimum design for such devices, we have used pump-probe measurements to investigate excited...

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Hauptverfasser: Zandi, B., Merkle, L.D., Gruber, J.B., Hutchinson, J.A., Allik, T.H.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Calcium
Ceramics
Diode lasers
Heat pumps
Laser excitation
Lattices
Neodymium
Switches
Temperature
Thermal loading
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Zusammenfassung:Summary form only given. Several groups of investigators have used U/sup 4+/:CaF/sub 2/ as a passive Q-switch in Er:Yb glass systems. In order to properly interpret their results, and to assist in predicting optimum design for such devices, we have used pump-probe measurements to investigate excited state absorption of U/sup 4+/:CaF/sub 2/ near 1.54 /spl mu/m.
DOI:10.1109/CLEO.2001.947805