Comparison of cw laser generation in Er³⁺, Yb³⁺: glass microchip lasers with different types of glasses

• Autorzy: Młyńczak J. , Kopczyński K. , Mierczyk Z. , Malinowska M. , Osiwiański P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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The paper describes comparison of laser generation of concentrated and SELG glasses developed at the General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and most recent EAT14 glass worked out by the CLaser Photonics Company in Shanghai. The laser generation was carried out using 976-nm pump wavelength in cw and quasi-cw regimes. Comparison of efficiencies and thresholds as well as of dissipative losses was made with a view to choose the best glass for "eye-safe" microchip laser range-finder. The generated wavelengths by each sample were measured.

Słowa kluczowe

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microchip laser; erbium glass "eye-safe"; laser radiation

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 19, No. 4
• Strony: 491--495
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 11 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Młyńczak J.

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Kopczyński K.

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Mierczyk Z.

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Malinowska M.

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Osiwiański P.

• Institute of Optoelectronics, Military University of Technology, 2 Kaliskiego Str., 00-908 Warsaw, Poland,

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