Laser Spectroscopy Investigations of Materials for Solid State Laser Systems

摘要

Some of the results of major importance from this work are: (1) The development of a method for producing laser-induced grating optical devices in glasses; (2) The elucidation of the effects of Mg on inhibiting the photorefractive response of lithium niobate; (3) The demonstration of tunable single pass gain from a closed shell ion in the visible spectral region; (4) A demonstration of the decrease in fluorescence quenching in fiber crystals; (5) A demonstration of the effects of thermal annealing on the infrared absorption and visible emission in Ti-sapphire laser crystals; and (6) A measurement of the pump band to metastable state relaxation rate in alexandrite laser crystals.