Pulsed, room-temperature operation of a tunable NaCl color-center laser

A room-temperature, pulsed, color-center laser using OH(-)-doped NaCl crystals is reported. Crystals were transversely pumped by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1.06microm and produced output energies of 8.6 mJ in 20-nsec pulses. The tuning range extended from 1.37 to 1.77 microm. During 40 h of operat...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Opt. Lett.; (United States) 1987-11, Vol.12 (11), p.882-884
Hauptverfasser:	CULPEPPER, C. F, CARRIG, T. J, PINTO, J. F, GEORGIOU, E, POLLOCK, C. R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	420300 - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989) ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS CHLORIDES CHLORINE COMPOUNDS COLOR CENTERS CRYSTAL DEFECTS CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers EMISSION ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS ENGINEERING Exact sciences and technology Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) HALIDES HALOGEN COMPOUNDS HYDROXYL RADICALS LASERS OPERATION OPTICAL PUMPING Optics Physics POINT DEFECTS PUMPING RADICALS SODIUM CHLORIDES SODIUM COMPOUNDS SOLID STATE LASERS STIMULATED EMISSION TUNING VACANCIES
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Zusammenfassung:	A room-temperature, pulsed, color-center laser using OH(-)-doped NaCl crystals is reported. Crystals were transversely pumped by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1.06microm and produced output energies of 8.6 mJ in 20-nsec pulses. The tuning range extended from 1.37 to 1.77 microm. During 40 h of operation (>10(6) pulses), a gradual power fading was observed. Laser action is tentatively ascribed to F(2)(+) centers.
ISSN:	0146-9592 1539-4794
DOI:	10.1364/OL.12.000882