Laser action in emerald
Abstract
It is pointed out that there is considerable interest in the development of high-power tunable solid-state lasers based on phonon terminated transition of metal ions and color centers. Wood (1965) and Fairbank et al. (1975) have conducted studies concerning the use of chromium doped beryllium aluminum silicate (Cr/3+/ in Be3Al2Si6O18), commonly called emerald. The present investigation is concerned with the first laser action in emerald. In the conducted experiment, a hydrothermally grown crystal (0.3 at. percent of Cr/3+/ ions) was placed in the short cavity of two 30 cm radius dielectric coated mirrors.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- October 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1109/JQE.1983.1071745
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJQE...19.1477B
- Keywords:
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- Beryl;
- High Power Lasers;
- Laser Materials;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Emission Spectra;
- Fluorescence;
- Laser Outputs;
- Lasers and Masers