Ho:YLF pumped HBr laser
Open Access
- 23 October 2009
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Express
- Vol. 17 (22), 20615-20622
- https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.020615
Abstract
A Ho:YLF laser pumped HBr molecular laser was developed that produced up to 2.5mJ of energy in the 4 micron wavelength region. The Ho:YLF laser was fiber pumped using a commercial Tm:fibre laser. The Ho:YLF laser was operated in a single longitudinal mode via injection seeding with a narrow band diode laser which in turn was locked to one of the HBr transitions. The behavior of the HBr laser was described using a rate equation mathematical model and this was solved numerically. Good agreement both qualitatively and quantitatively between the model and experimental results was obtained.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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