Efficient 1 µm Laser Emission of Czochralski-Grown Nd:LGSB Single Crystal
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Crystal Growth
2.2. Spectroscopy
2.3. Laser Experiments
2.3.1. Free Running Regime
2.3.2. Passive Q Switching
2.3.3. Passive Mode-Locking
3. Results and Discussions
3.1. Spectroscopic Properties
3.2. Laser Emission
3.2.1. Free Running Regime
3.2.2. Passive Q-switching
3.2.3. Passive Mode-locking
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Material | σabs (10−20 cm2) | τf (µs) | λem (nm) | Emission Bandwidth (nm) | σem (10−20 cm2) | Saturation Intensity (kW/cm2) |
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Nd:LGSB (this work) | 5.1 (π) 1.3 (σ) | 144 (5.0-at.% Nd) | 1063 | 6.5 (σ) 7.3 (π) | 2.1 (σ) 1.8 (π) | 6.18 |
Nd:YAG [23] | 7 | 240 | 1064 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 2.36 |
Nd:YVO4 [13] | 27 | 95 (1.0-at.% Nd) | 1064 | 0.8 | 19.5 | 1 |
Nd:LSB [23,38] | 7.1 | 118 (10-at.% Nd) 150 (5.0-at.% Nd) | 1063 | 4 | 1.3 [23] 1.45 [38] | 12.2 [23] 8.6 [38] |
Nd:GdCOB [39] | 2.3 | 98 (4.0-at.% Nd) | 1061 | 3.5 | 0.29 | 65 |
Nd:YAB [40] | 2.3 | 60 (4.0-at.% Nd) | 1061 | 9 | 10 | 3.12 |
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Brandus, C.-A.; Hau, S.; Broasca, A.; Greculeasa, M.; Voicu, F.-M.; Gheorghe, C.; Gheorghe, L.; Dascalu, T. Efficient 1 µm Laser Emission of Czochralski-Grown Nd:LGSB Single Crystal. Materials 2019, 12, 2005. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12122005
Brandus C-A, Hau S, Broasca A, Greculeasa M, Voicu F-M, Gheorghe C, Gheorghe L, Dascalu T. Efficient 1 µm Laser Emission of Czochralski-Grown Nd:LGSB Single Crystal. Materials. 2019; 12(12):2005. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12122005
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrandus, Catalina-Alice, Stefania Hau, Alin Broasca, Madalin Greculeasa, Flavius-Marian Voicu, Cristina Gheorghe, Lucian Gheorghe, and Traian Dascalu. 2019. "Efficient 1 µm Laser Emission of Czochralski-Grown Nd:LGSB Single Crystal" Materials 12, no. 12: 2005. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma12122005