Yu. K. Voronko, S. B. Gessen, I. V. Gribkov, A. A. Kiryukhin, S. V. Lavrishchev, D. I. Melikhov, V. V. Osiko, A. A. Sobol, V. M. Tatarintsev, S. N. Ushakov, L. I. Tsymbal, “Laser utilizing erbium-activated gadolinium aluminum scandium garnet crystals coactivated with Cr3+ and emitting in the three-micron wavelength region”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1989, Volume 16, Number 9,Pages 1785

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Lasers

Laser utilizing erbium-activated gadolinium aluminum scandium garnet crystals coactivated with Cr³⁺ and emitting in the three-micron wavelength region

Yu. K. Voronko, S. B. Gessen, I. V. Gribkov, A. A. Kiryukhin, S. V. Lavrishchev, D. I. Melikhov, V. V. Osiko, A. A. Sobol, V. M. Tatarintsev, S. N. Ushakov, L. I. Tsymbal

Abstract: An investigation was made of the luminescence spectra and of the lasing properties of a crystal of gadolinium scandium aluminum garnet activated with chromium and erbium. The lifetime of the ⁴I_11/2 level was determined and schemes of the Stark sublevels of the ⁴I_11/2 and ⁴I_13/2 levels of Er³⁺ were constructed. The lasing properties of the crystal (λ_L = 2.828 μm) were investigated in the free-lasing regime at room temperature.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.825.2

PACS: 42.70.Hj, 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Jf

Received: 11.01.1989