New oxide crystals for solid state lasers

被引:10
作者
Fornasiero, L [1 ]
Mix, E [1 ]
Peters, V [1 ]
Petermann, K [1 ]
Huber, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hamburg, Inst Laser Phys, D-20355 Hamburg, Germany
关键词
methods of crystal growth; optical materials; laser action in solid state lasers;
D O I
10.1002/(SICI)1521-4079(199902)34:2<255::AID-CRAT255>3.3.CO;2-L
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
Rare earth doped scandia and yttria have been grown from rhenium crucibles by the Czochralski technique - to our knowledge for the first time. Spectroscopic data of Yb:Sc2O3 are presented in detail and first laser experiments are reported. Despite the rather high crystal losses of about 2 % a slope efficiency of 37 % was obtained under diode pumping.
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页码:255 / 260
页数:6
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