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Optimization of Room-Temperature Continuous-Wave Cr4+: Y AG Lasers: Experiment and Modeling

Authors :
A. Ozgun Konca
Alphan Sennaroglu
Source :
Advanced Solid State Lasers.
Publication Year :
2000
Publisher :
Optica Publishing Group, 2000.

Abstract

Experimental and numerical methods were employed to investigate the influence of thermal effects in room-temperature continuous-wave Cr4+:YAG lasers. Pump saturation, laser threshold, and laser efficiency data were first analyzed by accounting for the temperature dependence of the fluorescence lifetime, pump-induced heating in the gain medium, excited-state absorption at the lasing wavelength, and saturation effects. Best-fit values of the absorption, emission, and excited-state absorption cross sections were determined to be 11.2×10−19 cm2, 0.47×10−19 cm2, and 0.093×10−19 cm2, respectively. Based on the best-fit cross-section values, numerical calculations show that the optimum crystal length and absorption coefficient are 2 cm and 0.56 cm−1, respectively.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Advanced Solid State Lasers
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........24cf2f2e74adeaab7c183ce62a2f0237
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1364/assl.2000.tub10