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.
N
N
Sarukura
Z
Z
Liu
Y
Y
Segawa
K
K
Edamatsu
Y
Y
Suzuki
T
T
Itoh
V V
VV
Semashko
A K
AK
Naumov
S L
SL
Korableva
R Y
RY
Abdulsabirov
M A
MA
Dubinskii