Ce(3+):LuLiF(4) as a broadband ultraviolet amplification medium.
Ce(3+):LuLiF(4) is shown to have a broad gain spectrum, which is attractive for short-pulse applications. A large small-signal gain over 6 dB/cm and a sufficiently large saturation fluence of 50 mJ/cm(2) were observed for 10-ns probe pulses under KrF excimer laser pumping. In a confocal four-pass configuration, 17-dB amplification was demonstrated for 325-nm picosecond pulses, and 20-dB gain was demonstrated for cw laser light.
Sarukura
N
N
Liu
Z
Z
Segawa
Y
Y
Edamatsu
K
K
Suzuki
Y
Y
Itoh
T
T
Semashko
V V
VV
Naumov
A K
AK
Korableva
S L
SL
Abdulsabirov
R Y
RY
Dubinskii
M A
MA