Color Center Lasers

K. R. German

doi:10.1117/12.959385

31 October 1980 Color Center Lasers

K. R. German

Proceedings Volume 0247, Advances in Laser Engineering and Applications; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959385
Event: 24th Annual Technical Symposium, 1980, San Diego, United States

Abstract

There are several different types of one electron color centers in alkali halide crystals which have produced tunable laser action in the near infrared. The combined tuning range of all of the color center lasers is from .8µm to 3.3µm, although at present only lasers operating in the 2.2μm to 3.3μm range have proved to be sufficiently stable to be offered commercially. The single mode version of this laser has a frequency stability of about 1MHz and has been used in high resolution molecular spectroscopy. Multimode versions, on the other hand, have been extensively used in applications such as photoacoustic spectroscopy and laser induced chemical reactions. In more recent developments the color center laser has been operated both as a mode locked system and as a high power pulsed laser.

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K. R. German "Color Center Lasers", Proc. SPIE 0247, Advances in Laser Engineering and Applications, (31 October 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959385

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