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- Title
Yb:CaF<sub>2</sub> — a new old laser crystal.
- Authors
Siebold, M.; Bock, S.; Schramm, U.; Xu, B.; Doualan, J. L.; Camy, P.; Moncorgé, R.
- Abstract
Here is presented and discussed the history, the spectroscopic, the thermo-mechanical and the laser properties of the new old laser crystal Yb:CaF2, of its Sr and Ba isotypes as well as of an Yb and Na codoped compound. It will be shown that Yb:CaF2 is a very particular luminescent material, in which the laser-active center probably consists of a complex hexameric cluster, that it is the most promising Yb-doped fluoride material for large-scale, high-power and high-energy laser systems and that it can compete in several aspects with the currently used Yb-doped oxide crystals and glasses. The opportunity of operating the crystals at cryogenic temperatures and the recently achieved improvements in the field of femtosecond pulsed laser operation and high peak power laser amplification is highlighted and evaluated.
- Subjects
SPECTRUM analysis; YTTERBIUM; FEMTOSECOND lasers; BARIUM; STRONTIUM isotopes; CRYSTALS
- Publication
Applied Physics B: Lasers & Optics, 2009, Vol 97, Issue 2, p327
- ISSN
0946-2171
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00340-009-3701-y