Radiation effects in laser crystals

Andrej O. Matkovskii; Dmitry Yu. Sugak; A. N. Durygin; V. Ya. Oliinyk; Slawomir Maksymilian Kaczmarek; Krzysztof Kopczynski; Zygmunt Frukacz; Izabella Pracka; Tadeusz Lukasiewicz

doi:10.1117/12.280751

14 July 1997 Radiation effects in laser crystals

Andrej O. Matkovskii, Dmitry Yu. Sugak, A. N. Durygin, V. Ya. Oliinyk, Slawomir Maksymilian Kaczmarek, Krzysztof Kopczynski, Zygmunt Frukacz, Izabella Pracka, Tadeusz Lukasiewicz

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Proceedings Volume 3178, Solid State Crystals: Growth and Characterization; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280751
Event: XII Conference on Solid State Crystals: Materials Science and Applications, 1996, Zakopane, Poland

Abstract

The influence of gamma and electron irradiation on optical and lasing properties of Y₃Al₅O₁₂, Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂, YAlO₃ and LiNbO₃ single crystals doped with rare-earth ions was studied. The laser output energy in the Nd-doped laser crystals and (gamma) -irradiation is decreased due to passive losses on the laser generation wavelength 1.06 micrometer (reabsorption of the laser radiation by color centers). The color centers in YAG-Er crystals may fulfill the sensibilizator function providing an increase of the pumping efficiency and output energy of the laser generation at 2.94 micrometer.

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Andrej O. Matkovskii, Dmitry Yu. Sugak, A. N. Durygin, V. Ya. Oliinyk, Slawomir Maksymilian Kaczmarek, Krzysztof Kopczynski, Zygmunt Frukacz, Izabella Pracka, and Tadeusz Lukasiewicz "Radiation effects in laser crystals", Proc. SPIE 3178, Solid State Crystals: Growth and Characterization, (14 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.280751

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