Room-temperature-stable, F/sub 2//sup +/-like center yields cw laser tunable over the 0. 99--1. 22-. mu. m range

Journal Article · Thu May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980 · Opt. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.5.000188· OSTI ID:5486308

Mollenauer, L F

A newly explored color center in NaF, when pumped with 1 W of power at 0.87 ..mu..m, has yielded efficient cw laser action tunable over the 0.99--1.22-..mu..m range; power output at band center was 400 mW. The combined ground- and first-excited-state absorption spectrum of this center is closely analogous to that of the ordinary F/sub 2//sup +/ center in the same host. However, unlike the (short-lived) ordinary F/sub 2//sup +/ center, the new center has a measured shelf life at room temperature of several months.

• Research Organization: Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733
• OSTI ID: 5486308
• Journal Information: Opt. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Opt. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 5:5; ISSN OPLED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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