A 10kHz 100mW cerium LiCAF laser pumped by the sum frequency mixed output of a copper vapour laser

A. J S McGonigle; D. W. Coutts; C. E. Webb

doi:10.1109/CLEOE.1998.719288

A 10kHz 100mW cerium LiCAF laser pumped by the sum frequency mixed output of a copper vapour laser

A. J S McGonigle^*, D. W. Coutts, C. E. Webb

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A kHz PRF cerium lasers have been developed using a 10 ns frequency quadrupled Nd:YVO₄ pump laser. The alternative source for the kHz PRF cerium laser is the frequency doubled copper vapor laser (CVL) which operates at PRFs of 4-24kHz and can produce three uv wavelengths - 255nm, 289nm and 271nm - which efficiently access the pump bands of Ce³⁺ doped fluoride crystals; in particular 271 nm is well matched to the peak absorption of Ce:LiCAF and Ce:LiSAF, and 289nm is well matched to absorption peak of Ce:LiLuF. In all cases, the pump wavelengths are longer than those used to date for cerium doped solid state lasers, thus potentially minimizing the formation of color centers that may otherwise limit performance at high PRFs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe 1998
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	221-221
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	078034233X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.1998.719288
Publication status	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, CLEO/EUROPE'98 - Glasgow, Scotland Duration: 14 Sept 1998 → 18 Sept 1998

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City	Glasgow, Scotland
Period	14/09/98 → 18/09/98

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McGonigle, AJS, Coutts, DW & Webb, CE 1998, A 10kHz 100mW cerium LiCAF laser pumped by the sum frequency mixed output of a copper vapour laser. in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe 1998., 719288, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 221-221, Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, CLEO/EUROPE'98, Glasgow, Scotland, 14/09/98. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.1998.719288

A 10kHz 100mW cerium LiCAF laser pumped by the sum frequency mixed output of a copper vapour laser. / McGonigle, A. J S; Coutts, D. W.; Webb, C. E.
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, CLEO/Europe 1998. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1998. p. 221-221 719288.

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