Laser-related spectroscopy of ion-doped crystals for tunable solid-state lasers

S Kück - Applied Physics B, 2001 - Springer
In this work an overview of transition metal (TM) ion-and rare earth (RE) ion-doped crystals
for application as tunable solid-state lasers will be given. Spectroscopic and laser results will …

Lithium rare-earth fluorides as photonic materials: 2. Some physical, spectroscopic, and lasing characteristics

VV Semashko, SL Korableva, PP Fedorov - Inorganic Materials, 2022 - Springer
We review the physical properties of crystalline LiRF4 (R= Y, Gd–Lu) hosts and analyze
progress in the application of rare-earth-activated LiRF4 crystals in quantum electronics …

Cerium-doped fluoride lasers

DW Coutts, AJS McGonigle - IEEE Journal of Quantum …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the 30 years since tunable ultraviolet (UV) lasers based on 5d/spl rarr/4f transition of
trivalent lanthanides doped into solid-state hosts were first demonstrated, tremendous …

Ce/sup 3+/-activated fluoride crystals as prospective active media for widely tunable ultraviolet ultrafast lasers with direct 10-ns pumping

N Sarukura, MA Dubinskii, Z Liu… - IEEE Journal of …, 1995 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
New possibilities have been investigated for recently developed solid-state tunable
ultraviolet (UV) laser materials such as Ce/sup 3+/ion-activated LuLiF/sub 4/(LLF) and …

Crystal growth of fluorides for optical applications

K Shimamura, H Sato, A Bensalah… - … of Experimental and …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Ce‐doped and undoped LiCaAlF 6, LiSrAlF6, LiYF4, LiLuF4 and KMgF3 single crystals
were grown by the Czochralski technique under CF4 atmosphere. The effective distribution …

Spectroscopic properties of Yb3+: LuLiF4 crystal grown by the Czochralski method for laser applications and evaluation of quenching processes: a comparison with …

A Bensalah, Y Guyot, A Brenier, H Sato… - Journal of alloys and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Spectroscopic properties of Yb3+ ion in LuLiF4 (LLF) laser host are presented here for the
first time. Czochralski technique was used to grow undoped and Yb3+-doped LLF single …

[图书][B] Solid-state materials for few-cycle pulse generation and amplification

E Sorokin - 2004 - Springer
Well-established and prospective broadband solid-state active media are discussed from
the point of view of their use in few-cycle oscillators and amplifiers. The physical principles …

Ultraviolet short pulses from an all-solid-state Ce: LiCAF master-oscillator–power-amplifier system

N Sarukura, Z Liu, H Ohtake, Y Segawa, MA Dubinskii… - Optics letters, 1997 - opg.optica.org
We have developed an all-solid-state master-oscillator–power-amplifier system employing
Ce: LiCAF, a new degradation-free tunable ultraviolet laser medium pumped by the fourth …

Beneficial effect of Lu3+ and Yb3+ ions in UV laser materials

M Laroche, S Girard, R Moncorge, M Bettinelli… - Optical Materials, 2003 - Elsevier
Several Lu3+-and Y3+-based oxide and fluoride single crystals with isomorphic structures
and doped with Ce3+ (or Pr3+) or codoped with Yb3+ ions have been grown and studied to …

Ce3+:LuLiF4 as a broadband ultraviolet amplification medium

N Sarukura, Z Liu, Y Segawa, K Edamatsu, Y Suzuki… - Optics letters, 1995 - opg.optica.org
Ce^ 3+: LuLiF_4 is shown to have a broad gain spectrum, which is attractive for short-pulse
applications. A large small-signal gain over 6 dB/cm and a sufficiently large saturation …