Cr4+ doped crystals for laser applications

Yehoshua Shimony

doi:10.1117/12.151087

13 August 1993 Cr⁴⁺ doped crystals for laser applications

Yehoshua Shimony

Proceedings Volume 1972, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151087
Event: 8th Meeting in Israel on Optical Engineering, 1992, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

The success in lasing of Cr⁴⁺:forsterite in the near IR had motivated a search for new crystalline hosts for Cr⁴⁺. Silicates and garnets containing distorted tetrahedral crystalline sites are suitable for accommodating tetravalent chromium ions. In the present paper we compare the structural and spectral characteristics of Cr⁴⁺ doped YAG, Mg₂SiO₄, Ca₂Ga₂SiO₇, Ca₂Al₂SiO₇ and Y₂SiO₃ crystals, as well as their growth conditions. The applications of these materials as tunable solid state lasers and passive Q-switches for pulsed Nd lasers are discussed.

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Yehoshua Shimony "Cr⁴⁺ doped crystals for laser applications", Proc. SPIE 1972, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel: Optoelectronics and Applications in Industry and Medicine, (13 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.151087

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