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1.1.5 Tables of Divalent Lanthanide Lasers

Table 1.1.10
Divalent Lanthanide Ion Lasers

Mode of operation
Optical pump
Hg — mercury arc lamp cw — continuous wave
W — tungsten arc lamp p — pulsed
Xe — Xe arc lamp

2+ 6
Samarium (Sm , 4f )
Host Laser Wavelength Temp. Optical
crystal transition ( m) (K) pump Mode Ref.
7
CaF 2 5d ﬁ F 1 0.7083 65–90 ruby laser p 157
0.7085* 20 Xe lamp p 158–160
0.7207 85–90 ruby laser p 157
0.7287 110–130 ruby laser p 157
0.7310 155 ruby laser p 157
0.745 210 ruby laser p 157

7
SrF 2 5 D ﬁ F 1 0.6969 4.2 Xe lamp p 156
0
* Reference 159 includes whispering-galley-mode lasing.

2+ 10
Dysprosium (Dy , 4f )
Host Laser Wavelength Temp. Optical
crystal transition ( m) (K) pump Mode Ref.
5
CaF 2 5 I ﬁ I 8 2.35867 77 Hg lamp p 906
7
2.35867 4.2 Xe lamp cw 907
~2.358 4.2 W lamp cw 908
~2.358 77 sun cw 909
~2.358 4.2–77 W lamp cw 910
~2.358 4, 77 Xe lamp p 911
5
SrF 2 5 I ﬁ I 8 2.3659 20 Xe lamp p 903
7

2+ 13
Thulium (Tm , 4f )
Host Laser Wavelength Temp. Optical
crystal transition ( m) (K) pump Mode Ref.
2
CaF 2 2 F 5/2 ﬁ F 7/2 1.116 4.2 Xe lamp p 524
1.116 2.7–4.2 Hg lamp cw 525

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