Tunable laser utilizing F/sub 2//sup +/ color centers in LiF and a holographic selector

Journal Article · Sun Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE1981v011n02ABEH005908· OSTI ID:6265677

Basiev, T T; Voron'ko, Y K; Kirpichenkova, E O; Mirov, S B; Osiko, V V; Soskin, M S; Taranenko, V B

An efficient and continuously tunable laser was constructed utilizing F/sub 2//sup +/ color centers in LiF crystals. The laser had a holographic total-internal-reflection selector and it operated at room temperature at a high pulse repetition frequency. The tuning range was 0.85--1 ..mu.. for a line less than 0.06 nm wide. The efficiency of conversion of the energy absorbed in a crystal was about 10%.

• Research Organization: P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
• OSTI ID: 6265677
• Journal Information: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 11:2; ISSN SJQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
COLOR CENTERS
CONVERSION
CRYSTAL DEFECTS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
EFFICIENCY
EMISSION
ENERGY CONVERSION
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
FLUORIDES
FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
LASERS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
LITHIUM FLUORIDES
LITHIUM HALIDES
POINT DEFECTS
PULSE TECHNIQUES
SOLID STATE LASERS
STIMULATED EMISSION
TUNING
VACANCIES