FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF A 2-MU-M TMYVO4 LASER

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HAUGLIEHANSSEN, C [1 ]
DJEU, N [1 ]
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[1] UNIV S FLORIDA,DEPT PHYS,TAMPA,FL 33620
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10.1109/3.283770
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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The performance of a Tm :YVO4 laser has been optimized by varying the thickness of the laser crystal and the reflectivity of the output coupler. This has led to the measurement of a slope efficiency of 48% for the laser output. Formulas describing the saturation of the pump and the upper laser level in the presence of up-conversion loss have been developed. Fitting of the experimental data to the saturation curves calculated using these formulas has yielded an up-conversion rate constant from F-3(4) to H-3(5) of 2 . 10(-18) cm3 s-1.
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