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The 83 papers in this volume present the outstanding research results obtained by various research groups in different countries over the last 40 years. The contents include pioneering papers on lasers, tunable laser fundamentals, transition metal ion and rare-earth ion tunable lasers, ultrabroadband and multifrequency solid state lasers using spatially dispersed resonators, and nonlinear wavelength conversion of tunable solid state lasers. The featured tunable systems operate in a wide spectral range from UV to near-IR, and with a wide range of optical power including cw and pulsed operation.
Book Details
Date Published: 30 September 2002
Pages: 612
ISBN: 9780819446558
Volume: MS173
Pages: 612
ISBN: 9780819446558
Volume: MS173
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Section One
Pioneering Papers on Infrared and Optical Masers (Lasers)
Pioneering Papers on Infrared and Optical Masers (Lasers)
3 Molecular amplification and generation systems and methods
Robert H. Dicke (U.S. Patent No. 2,851,652, 1958)
23 Molecular amplifier and generator for submillimeter waves
A.M. Prokhorov (Soviet Physics JETP 1958)
24 Infrared and optical masers
A.L. Schawlow, C.H. Townes (Physical Review 1958)
34 Optically pumped laser amplifiers
Gordon Gould (U.S. Patent No. 4,053,845, 1977)
61 Stimulated optical radiation in ruby
T.H. Maiman (Nature 1960)
Section Two
Fundamentals of Tunable Solid-State Lasers
Fundamentals of Tunable Solid-State Lasers
65 On the absorption spectra of complex ions. I
Yukito Tanabe, Satoru Sugano (Journal of the Physical
Society of Japan 1954)
79 On the absorption spectra of complex ions II
Yukito Tanabe, Satoru Sugano (Journal of the Physical
Society of Japan 1954)
93 Optical spectra of transition-metal ions in corundum
Donald S. McClure (Journal of Chemical Physics 1962)
116 Theory of phonon-terminated optical masers
D.E. McCumber (Physical Review 1964)
124 Theory of vibrational structure in optical spectra of
impurities in solids. I. Singlets
D.E. McCumber (Journal of Mathematical Physics 1964)
134 Theory of vibrational structure in optical spectra of
impurities in solids. II. Multiplets
D.E. McCumber (Journal of Mathematical Physics 1964)
148 Einstein relations connecting broadband emission and
absorption spectra
D.E. McCumber (Physical Review 1964)
Section Three
Transition Metal Ion Tunable Solid-State Lasers
Ni[2+], Co[2+], and V[2+] Based Tunable Lasers
Transition Metal Ion Tunable Solid-State Lasers
157 Phonon-terminated optical masers
L.F. Johnson, H.J. Guggenheim, R.A. Thomas (Physical
Review 1966)
164 Optical maser oscillation from Ni[2+] in MgF[2] involving
simultaneous emission of phonons
L.F. Johnson, R.E. Dietz, H.J. Guggenheim (Physical
Review Letters 1963)
167 Spontaneous and stimulated emission from Co[2+] ions in
MgF[2] and ZnF[2]
L.F. Johnson, R.E. Dietz, H.J. Guggenheim (Applied
Physics Letters 1964)
169 Phonon-terminated coherent emission from V[2+] ions in
MgF[2]
L.F. Johnson, H.J. Guggenheim (Journal of Applied Physics
1967)
172 An investigation of the Co:MgF[2] laser system
Peter F. Moulton (IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
1985)
186 Room-temperature operation of a Co:MgF[2] laser
D. Welford, P.F. Moulton (Optics Letters 1988)
189 High-energy operation of a Co:MgF[2] laser
D.M. Rines, P.F. Moulton, D. Welford, G.A. Rines (Optics
Letters 1994)
192 Phonon-terminated laser emission from Ni[2+] ions in KMgF[3]
L.F. Johnson, H.J. Guggenheim, D. Bahnck, A.M. Johnson
(Optics Letters 1983)
Cr[3+] Based Tunable Lasers
197 Tunable-laser performance in BeAl[2]O[4]:Cr[3+]
J.C. Walling, H.P. Jenssen, R.C. Morris, E.W. O'Dell,
O.G. Peterson (Optics Letters 1979)
199 Tunable alexandrite lasers
John C. Walling, Otis G. Peterson, Hans P. Jenssen,
Robert C. Morris, E. Wayne O'Dell (IEEE Journal of Quantum
Electronics 1980)
213 LiCaAlF[6]:Cr[3+]: a promising new solid-state laser
material
Stephen A. Payne, L.L. Chase, Herbert W. Newkirk, Larry
K. Smith, William F. Krupke (IEEE Journal of Quantum
Electronics 1988)
223 Laser performance of LiSrAlF[6]:Cr[3+]
Stephen A. Payne, L.L. Chase, L.K. Smith, Wayne L. Kway,
Herbert W. Newkirk (Journal of Applied Physics 1989)
229 Properties of Cr:LiSrAlF[6] crystals for laser operation
Stephen A. Payne, Larry K. Smith, Raymond J. Beach, Bruce
H.T. Chai, John H. Tassano, Laura D. DeLoach, Wayne L.
Kway, Richard W. Solarz, William F. Krupke (Applied Optics 1994)
240 Flashlamp pumped Cr:LiSrAlF[6] laser
Martin Stalder, Bruce H.T. Chai, Michael Bass (Applied
Physics Letters 1991)
243 Tunable room-temperature cw laser action in Cr[3+]:GdScGa-
garnet
B. Struve, G. Huber, V.V. Laptev, I.A. Shcherbakov, E.V.
Zharikov (Applied Physics B 1983)
247 Tunable room-temperature cw laser action in Cr[3+]:GdScAl-
garnet
J. Drube, B. Struve, G. Huber (Optics Communications
1984)
Cr[4+] Based Tunable Lasers
253 Laser action in chromium-doped forsterite
V. Petri evi , S.K. Gayen, R.R. Alfano, Kiyoshi
Yamagishi, H. Anzai, Y. Yamaguchi (Applied Physics Letters
1988)
256 Laser action in chromium-activated forsterite for near-
infrared excitation: Is Cr[4+] the lasing ion?
V. Petri evi , S.K. Gayen, R.R. Alfano (Applied Physics
Letters 1988)
259 Chromium-doped forsterite laser pumped with 1.06 m
radiation
Horacio R. Verdun, Leonard M. Thomas, Donna M.
Andrauskas, Tom McCollum, Albert Pinto (Applied Physics
Letters 1988)
262 Room-temperature near-infrared tunable laser operation of
Cr[4+]:Ca[2]GeO[4]
V. Petri evi , A.B. Bykov, J.M. Evans, R.R. Alfano
(Optics Letters 1996)
265 Lasing due to impurity color centers in yttrium aluminum
garnet crystals at wavelengths in the range 1.35 1.45 m
N.B. Angert, N.I. Borodin, V.M. Garmash, V.A. Zhitnyuk,
A.G. Okhrimchuk, O.G. Siyuchenko, A.V. Shestakov (Soviet
Journal of Quantum Electronics 1988)
267 Oscillation of a Y[3]Al[5]O[12]:Cr[4+] laser in wave length
region of 1.34 1.6 m
N.I. Borodin, V.A. Zhitnyuk, A.G. Okhrimchuk, A.V.
Shestakov (Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the
U.S.S.R. Physical Series 1990)
273 Performance of YAG:Cr[4+] laser crystal
A.G. Okhrimchuk, A.V. Shestakov (Optical Materials 1994)
286 Efficient continuous-wave chromium-doped YAG laser
Alphan Sennaroglu, Clifford R. Pollock, Howard Nathel
(Journal of the Optical Society of America B 1995)
Cr[2+] Based Tunable Lasers
297 Transition metal-doped zinc chalcogenides: spectroscopy and
laser demonstration of a new class of gain media
Laura D. DeLoach, Ralph H. Page, Gary D. Wilke, Stephen
A. Payne, William F. Krupke (IEEE Journal of Quantum
Electronics 1996)
308 Cr[2+]-doped zinc chalcogenides as efficient, widely tunable
mid-infrared lasers
Ralph H. Page, Kathleen I. Schaffers, Laura D. DeLoach,
Gary D. Wilke, Falgun D. Patel, John B. Tassano Jr.,
Stephen A. Payne, William F. Krupke, Kuo-Tong Chen, Arnold
Burger (IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 1997)
319 Continuous-wave broadly tunable Cr[2+]:ZnSe laser
Gregory J. Wagner, Timothy J. Carrig, Ralph H. Page,
Kathleen I. Schaffers, Jean-Oliver Ndap, Xiaoyan Ma,
Arnold Burger (Optics Letters 1999)
322 Demonstration of room-temperature laser action at 2.5 m
from Cr[2+]:Cd[0.85]Mn[0.15]Te
U. H�mmerich, X. Wu, V.R. Davis, S.B. Trivedi, K. Grasza,
R.J. Chen, S. Kutcher (Optics Letters 1997)
Ti[3+]:Sapphire Lasers
327 Spectroscopic and laser characteristics of Ti:Al[2]O[3]
P.F. Moulton (Journal of the Optical Society of America B
1986)
336 Characteristics and kinetics of laser-pumped Ti:sapphire
oscillators
John M. Eggleston, Larry G. DeShazer, Kenneth W. Kangas
(IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 1988)
343 Performance of gain-switched Ti:Al[2]O[3] unstable-resonator
lasers
Glen A. Rines, Peter F. Moulton (Optics Letters 1990)
346 Continuous-wave laser operation and quantum efficiency of
titanium-doped
sapphire
P. Albers, E. Stark, G. Huber (Journal of the Optical
Society of America B 1986)
352 Extended infrared operation of titanium sapphire laser
L.G. DeShazer, K.W. Kangas (Conference on Lasers and
Electro Optics (CLEO '87) Technical Digest, Paper #THQ4,
1987)
356 Design and performance of a high-average-power flashlamp-
pumped Ti:sapphire laser and amplifier
Andreas Hoffst�dt (IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
1997)
Section Four
Rare-Earth Ion Tunable Solid-State Lasers
Ytterbium Lasers
Rare-Earth Ion Tunable Solid-State Lasers
375 Diode-pumped tunable Yb:YAG miniature lasers at room
temperature: modeling and experiment
Takunori Taira, Jiro Saikawa, Takao Kobayashi, Robert L.
Byer (IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum
Electronics 1997)
380 Advanced tunability and high-power TEM[00]-operation of the
Yb:YAG thin disc laser
A. Giesen, U. Brauch, I. Johannsen, M. Karszewski, U.
Schiegg, C. Stewen, A. Voss (OSA TOPS on Advanced Solid
State Lasers, Clifford R. Pollock, Walter R. Bosenberg,
editors, 1997)
385 High-average-power 1- m performance and frequency
conversion of a diode-end-pumped Yb:YAG laser
Camille Bibeau, Raymond J. Beach, Scott C. Mitchell, Mark
A. Emanuel, Jay Skidmore, Christopher A. Ebbers, Steven B.
Sutton, Kenneth S. Jancaitis (IEEE Journal of Quantum
Electronics 1998)
395 Directly single-diode-pumped, continuous-wave Yb[3+]:YAG
laser tunable in the 1047 1051-nm wavelength range
Valerii V. Ter-Mikirtychev, Viktor A. Fromzel (Applied
Optics 2000)
401 Q-switched, TEM[00]-mode, diode-pumped Yb[3+]:YAG laser with
extended tunability
Valerii V. Ter-Mikirtychev, Mark A. Dubinskii, Viktor A.
Fromzel (Optics Communications 2001)
410 Ytterbium solid-state lasers--the first decade
William F. Krupke (IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Quantum Electronics 2000)
Thulium Lasers
423 Characteristics of room-temperature 2.3- m laser emission
from Tm[3+] in YAG and YAlO[3]
John A. Caird, Larry G. DeShazer, John Nella (IEEE
Journal of Quantum Electronics 1975)
431 Efficient, broadly tunable, laser-pumped Tm:YAG and Tm:YSGG
cw lasers
R.C. Stoneman, L. Esterowitz (Optics Letters 1990)
434 Tm[3+]:YLF laser continuously tunable between 2.20 and 2.46
m
Joseph F. Pinto, Leon Esterowitz, Gregg H. Rosenblatt
(Optics Letters 1994)
437 Efficient 1.94- m Tm:YALO laser
R.C. Stoneman, Leon Esterowitz (IEEE Journal of Selected
Topics in Quantum Electronics 1995)
441 Tunable single-longitudinal-mode diode laser pumped
Tm:Ho:YAG laser
Sammy W. Henderson, Charley P. Hale (Applied Optics 1990)
444 Diode-pumped high-efficiency Tm:YAG lasers
Cheng Li, Jie Song, Deyuan Shen, Nam Seong Kim, Ken-ichi
Ueda, Yujing Huo, Shufang He, Yuhui Cao (Optics Express
1999)
Cerium Lasers
453 Ultraviolet solid-state Ce:YLF laser at 325 nm
D.J. Ehrlich, P.F. Moulton, R.M. Osgood Jr. (Optics
Letters 1979)
456 Optically pumped Ce:LaF[3] laser at 286 nm
D.J. Ehrlich, P.F. Moulton, R.M. Osgood Jr. (Optics
Letters 1980)
459 Spectroscopy of a new active medium of a solid-state UV
laser with broadband single-pass gain
M.A. Dubinskii, V.V. Semashko, A.K. Naumov, R. Yu.
Abdulsabirov, S.L. Korableva (Laser Physics 1993)
461 Ce[3+]-doped colquiriite: a new concept of all-solid-state
tunable ultraviolet laser
M.A. Dubinskii, V.V. Semashko, A.K. Naumov, R. Yu.
Abdulsabirov, S.L. Korableva (Journal of Modern Optics
1993)
466 Ultraviolet laser emission properties of Ce[3+]-doped
LiSrAlF[6] and LiCaAlF[6]
C.D. Marshall, J.A. Speth, S.A. Payne, W.F. Krupke, G.J.
Quarles, V. Castillo, B.H.T. Chai (Journal of the Optical
Society of America B 1994)
478 Tunable solid-state laser action in Ce[3+]:LiSrAlF[6]
J.F. Pinto, G.H. Rosenblatt, L. Esterowitz, V. Castillo,
G.J. Quarles (Electronics Letters 1994)
480 Novel design of high-pulse-energy ultraviolet Ce:LiCAF laser
oscillator
Zhenlin Liu, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kenji Nakano, Tsuguo
Fukuda, Toshimasa Kozeki, Hideyuki Ohtake, Nobuhiko
Sarukura (OSA TOPS on Advanced Solid State Lasers Topical
Meeting 2000, H. Injeyan, U. Keller, C. Marshall, editors,
2000)
484 High-repetition-rate Ce:LiCAF tunable UV laser
A.B. Petersen, C.D. Marshall, G.J. Quarles (Conference on
Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO '96) Technical Digest
1996)
485 All-solid-state tunable ultraviolet subnanosecond laser with
direct pumping by the fifth harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser
Nobuhiko Sarukura, Zhenlin Liu, Shinji Izumida, Mark A.
Dubinskii, Ravil Yu. Abdulsabirov, Stella L. Korableva
(Applied Optics 1998)
488 Tunable ultraviolet solid-state lasers using large
Ce:fluoride crystals and new pumping scheme
Zhenlin Liu, Kiyoshi Shimamura, Kenji Nakano, Tsuguo
Fukuda, Yusaburo Segawa, Toshimasa Kozeki, Hideyuki
Ohtake, Nobuhiko Sarukura (Technical Digest of
International Conference on Nonlinear Materials: Fundamentals and
Applications, Hawaii, 2000)
Section Five
Ultrabroadband and Multifrequency Solid-State Lasers Using
Spatially Dispersed Resonators
Ultrabroadband and Multifrequency Solid-State Lasers Using
493 Wavelength selective laser apparatus
Arthur Ashkin, Erich Peter Ippen (U.S. Patent No.
3,774,121, 1973)
501 Simultaneous multiwavelength operation of Nd:YAG laser
M.B. Danailov, I.Y. Milev (Applied Physics Letters 1992)
504 Temporal and energetic characteristics of ultrabroadband
Ti[3+]:sapphire laser
Valerii V. Ter-Mikirtychev, Ekaterina L. Arestova
(Optical Engineering 1999)
509 Ultrabroadband LiF:F[2][+*] color center laser using two-
prism spatially-dispersive resonator
Valerii V. Ter-Mikirtychev, Taiju Tsubo (Optics
Communications 1997)
512 Ultrabroadband operation of a Cr[4+]:forsterite laser by use
of a spatially dispersed resonator
Valerii V. Ter-Mikirtychev, Iain T. McKinnie, Donald M.
Warrington (Applied Optics 1998)
516 Diode-pumped spatially dispersed broadband Cr:LiSGAF and
Cr:LiSAF c.w. laser sources applied to short-coherence
photorefractive holography
D. Parsons-Karavassilis, Y. Gu, Z. Ansari, P.M.W. French,
J.R. Taylor (Optics Communications 2000)
Section Six
Nonlinear Wavelength Conversion by Tunable Solid-State Lasers
Nonlinear Wavelength Conversion by Tunable Solid-State Lasers
525 Tunable alexandrite lasers: development and performance
John C. Walling, Donald F. Heller, H. Samelson, D.J.
Harter, Joseph A. Pete, R.C. Morris (IEEE Journal of
Quantum Electronics 1985)
539 Nonlinear conversion of Ti:sapphire laser wavelengths
Glen A. Rines, Henry H. Zenzie, Richard A. Schwarz,
Yelena Isyanova, Peter F. Moulton (IEEE Journal of
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 1995)
547 Frequency tripling of a Q-switched Cr:LiSAF laser to the UV
region
Joseph F. Pinto, Leon Esterowitz, Gregg H. Rosenblatt
(IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
1995)
551 Generation of tunable femtosecond pulses in the 1.21 1.27 m
and 605 635 nm wavelength region by using a regeneratively
initiated self-mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser
Alphan Sennaroglu, Clifford R. Pollock, Howard Nathel
(IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 1994)
562 Tunable red-yellow laser based on second harmonic generation
of Cr:forsterite in KTP
Iain T. McKinnie, AnnMarie L. Oien (Optics Communications
1997)
567 Broadband operation of frequency doubled Cr[4+]:YAG laser
with high beam quality
D. Lorenz, R. Menzel (OSA TOPS on Advanced Solid State
Lasers, Walter R. Bosenberg, Martin M. Fejer, editors,
1998)
572 Tunable red-green solid state lasers
Iain T. McKinnie, Shirin M. Giffin, AnnMarie L. Oien,
Valerii V. Ter-Mikirtychev (OSA TOPS on Advanced Solid
State Lasers, Walter R. Bosenberg, Martin M. Fejer, editors,
1998)
578 Tunable visible solid-state lasers based on second-harmonic
generation of LiF:F[2][ ] in potassium titanyl phosphate
Shirin M. Giffin, Iain T. McKinnie, Valerii V. Ter-
Mikirtychev (Optics Letters 1998)
581 Tunable UV CW generation by frequency tripling of a
Ti:sapphire laser
Shuji Sayama, Motoichi Ohtsu (Optics Communications 1997)
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