N. B. Angert, N. I. Borodin, V. M. Garmash, V. A. Zhitnyuk, A. G. Okhrimchuk, O. G. Siyuchenko, A. V. Shestakov, “Lasing due to impurity color centers in yttrium aluminum garnet crystals at wavelengths in the range 1.35–1.45 μm”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1988, Volume 15, Number 1,Pages <nobr>113

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Active media and laser resonators

Lasing due to impurity color centers in yttrium aluminum garnet crystals at wavelengths in the range 1.35–1.45 μm

N. B. Angert, N. I. Borodin, V. M. Garmash, V. A. Zhitnyuk, A. G. Okhrimchuk, O. G. Siyuchenko, A. V. Shestakov

Abstract: Low-threshold wide-band lasing was achieved for a YAG crystal with optically and thermally stable color centers. The absorption and luminescence spectra were determined, and the gain was measured in the range of wavelengths corresponding to the color-center luminescence. The cross section of the lasing transition was estimated (8 X 10^–19 cm²) and the efficiency of conversion of the pump radiation from a neodymium laser into the output radiation was determined (10%).

UDC: 621.373.826.038.825.2

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.70.Hj, 78.55.Hx, 78.40.Ha, 61.72.Ji, 42.60.Lh

Received: 27.07.1987