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1.1.4 Tables of Transition Metal Ion Lasers

Table 1.1.9
Transition Metal Ion Lasers

Mode of operation
Optical pump
AL — alexandrite (BeAl O :Cr) laser AML — actively mode-locked
2
4
ArL — argon-ion laser cw — continuous wave
D — frequency doubled p — pulsed
DL — dye laser qcw — quasi-continuous wave
ErLYF — Er:LiYF (YLF) laser qs — Q-switched
4
ErYAG — Er:Y Al O (YAG) laser PML — passively mode-locked
5
3
12
Hg — mercury arc lamp SML — synchronously mode-locked
KrL — krypton-ion laser
NdGL — Nd:glass laser
NdL — neodymium laser
NdYAG — Nd:Y Al O (YAG) laser
5
3
12
NdYLF — Nd:LiYF (YLF) laser
4
NdYAP — Nd:YAlO (YAP) laser
3
RL — ruby (Al O :Cr) laser
2
3
RS — Raman-shifted
TiS — Ti:sapphire (Al O ) laser
2
3
TmYAP — Tm:YAlO (YAP) laser
3
TmHoYAG — Tm,Ho:Y Al O (YAG) laser
5
12
3
W — tungsten arc lamp
Xe — xenon arc lamp
3+ 1
Titanium (Ti , 3d )
Host Laser Wavelength Temp. Optical
crystal transition ( m) (K) pump Mode Ref.
2
Al O 3 2 E fi T 2 0.66–1.178 300 Ar laser cw 82–89
2
80 Ar laser cw 83
300 dye laser p 83, 90–96
300 Xe lamp p 91, 109–112
300 DNdYAP p 83, 84, 86, 92,
97–108
300 Cu laser p 1039
510 DNdYAG p 84
300 DNdYAG qs 99
300 Ar laser AML 110
300 DNdYAP SML 113
0.700–0.818 300 sun cw 1155
2
BeAl O 4 2 E fi T 2 0.73–0.95 300 DNdYAG cw 170
2
300 DNdYAG p 171,172
0.753–0.946 300 Xe lamp p 189
2
YA1O 3 2 E fi T 2 0.6116 300 DNdYAP p 59

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