Laser oscillation by the F2+ and F2- color centers in LiF crystals

被引:3
作者
Tsuboi, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Kyoto Sangyo Univ, Fac Engn, Kita Ku, Kyoto 6038555, Japan
关键词
color centers; color center lasers; free-running lasers; LiF;
D O I
10.1016/S0168-583X(99)01060-5
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A free-running mode LiF:F-2(+) color center laser oscillation is achieved at room temperature in an elcctron-beam-irradiated LiF crystal with the F-2 color centers but no F-2(+) ones, by producing the F-2(+) defects through the two-photon excitation of the F-2 centers and pumping the F-2(+) defects with the same wavelength. Simultaneous laser oscillation by the F-2 center is obtained at the initial stage of the F-2(+) lasing but it disappears 100 s after the pumping. The LiF:F-2(+) laser operating at 930 nm is used to pump an F-2(-) color center laser based on a different elcctron-beam-irradiated LiF crystal with high concentration of the F-2(-) centers. A free-running F2- pulse laser oscillation with a peak at 1145 nm and a half width of 400 cm(-1) is achieved. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:804 / 808
页数:5
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