Physics of Solid-State Laser Materials

• Authors: A. Wojtowicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A survey of the physical properties of solid state materials activated with d^{2}, d^{3} and d^{8} transition metal ions is presented in the context of tunable laser operation. An emphasis is put on common characteristics of all three systems, like a strong electron-phonon coupling and similar electronic structures. The conditions necessary to obtain a tunable operation and to avoid an overlap of the excited state absorption and emission are formulated. It is shown that the d^{3} configuration system has the largest range of allowed values of the crystal field parameter 10Dq.

Keywords

EN

42.55.Rz; 78.50.-w; 78.55.-m

Discipline

• 78.55.-m: Photoluminescence, properties and materials(for time resolved luminescence, see 78.47.jd)
• 42.55.Rz: Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1991
• Volume: 80
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 193-205

Dates

published

1991-08

Contributors

author

A. Wojtowicz

• Institute of Physics, N. Copernicus University, ul. Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland and Chemistry Department, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 02215 MA, USA

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.80.193