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Optical Materials Express

  • Editor: David J. Hagan
  • Vol. 2, Iss. 8 — Aug. 1, 2012
  • pp: 1076–1087

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Temperature dependencies of stimulated emission cross section for Nd-doped solid-state laser materials

Yoichi Sato and Takunori Taira  »View Author Affiliations


Optical Materials Express, Vol. 2, Issue 8, pp. 1076-1087 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.2.001076


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Abstract

Temperature dependencies of stimulated emission cross section for Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4, and Nd:GdVO4 was carefully evaluated. Our spectral evaluations with fine spectral resolution were carried out under the condition that the population inversion was induced into samples by a weak pumping field. Within the temperature range from 15°C to 65°C, the variation of emission cross section at 1.06 μm in Nd:YAG was −0.20%/°C, while those in Nd:YVO4 and Nd:GdVO4 for π-polarization were −0.50%/°C and −0.48%/°C, respectively. Consideration of measured temperature dependence gave the numerical model for temperature dependent emission cross sections of Nd-doped solid-state laser materials. We have also presented numerical approximations of this model for our samples by a simple polynomial, which can be applicable within the temperature range from 15°C to 350°C.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3380) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium

ToC Category:
Laser Materials

History
Original Manuscript: April 16, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: July 2, 2012
Published: July 19, 2012

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Advances in Optical Materials (2012) Optical Materials Express

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Yoichi Sato and Takunori Taira, "Temperature dependencies of stimulated emission cross section for Nd-doped solid-state laser materials," Opt. Mater. Express 2, 1076-1087 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-2-8-1076


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