Q-switch saturable absorber materials for solid state lasers
Book
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OSTI ID:51813
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Center for Laser Studies
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Center for Laster Studies
Er:glass lasers are important in many applications because they emit in a narrow eye-safe spectral region around 1.54 {mu}m. Uses for eye-safe lasers include communications, optical atmospheric remote sensing, and lidar applications. Many of these application require short pulses with high peak power which can be obtained by Q-switching the Er:glass laser. New solid-state passive Q-switch materials for the Er:glass laser at 1.53 {mu}m are described. Saturable absorber Q-switching has been obtained using U{sup 4+}:SrF{sub 2}, Er{sup 3+}:CaF{sub 2}, and Er{sup 3+}:Ca{sub 5}(PO{sub 4}){sub 3}F.
- OSTI ID:
- 51813
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940142--; ISBN 0-8194-1408-5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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