Ti:sapphire: Material, Lasers and Amplifiers

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Abstract:

The Ti:Al2O3 (Ti:sapphire) laser has several ancestors, including the first laser [1], based on the crystal ruby, formally Cr3+ ions doped into sapphire (Al2O3). Ti:sapphire employs the same robust host crystal as in ruby, which is crucial for the ruby laser to operate under the intense optical pumping from flashlamps, required by the three-level nature of the ruby laser transition. Another class of ancestors were the first broadly tunable solid-state lasers, based on divalent transition-metal ions, such as Ni2+ and Co2+, doped into mainly fluoride host crystals, such as MgF2 [25]. While these types of lasers could be tuned over an impressive range of wavelengths (16002500 nm in the case of Co:MgF2 [6]),the low gain and the general need to operate under cryogenic cooling were drawbacks that limited their utility

Author(s):
Moulton, Peter ; Fry, Alan ; Fendel, Peter
Author Organization(s):
MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Stanford University; Thorlabs
Funding Organization(s):
AFLCMC/AZS, Hanscom AFB , MA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Book Chapter
Publication Date:
2020 Jan 01
Pagination:
13

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Collection: TRECMS
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Contract Number(s):
FA8702-15-D-0001
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Directed Energy
Communities of Interest:
Energy and Power Technologies
Descriptor(s):
frequency combs, laser beams, laser applications, light (electromagnetic radiation), masers, lasers, dye lasers, laser pulses, optics, laser mediums, liquid dye lasers, refractive index, laser diodes, semiconductors, solid state lasers
Subject Categories:
Electrotechnology and Fluidics
Creation Date:
2021 Sep 17
Update Date:
2021 Nov 26