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1.1.6 Tables of Trivalent Lanthanide Ion Lasers

Table 1.1.11
Trivalent Lanthanide Ion Lasers

Optical pump
alex. – alexandrite (BeAl O :Cr) laser NdL – neodymium laser
2
4
ArL – argon-ion laser NdYAG – Nd:Y Al O laser
12
3
5
CCL – color center laser NdYLF – Nd:LiYF laser
4
CeLiSAF – Ce:LiSrAlF laser NdYAP – Nd:YAlO laser
6
3
CrLiSAF – Cr:LiSrAlF laser PT – pyrotechnical pumping
6
D – frequency doubled Q – frequency quadrupled
DL – dye laser RL – ruby laser
DyL – dysprosium laser RS – Raman-shifted
ErGL – Er:glass laser T – frequency tripled
Hg – mercury arc lamp TiS – Ti:sapphire laser
Kr – krypton arc lamp TmYAG – Tm:Y Al O laser
3
12
5
KrFL – krypton fluoride excimer laser W – tungsten arc lamp
LED – light emitting diode qWI – quartz-tungsten-iodine lamp
LD – laser diode Xe – Xe arc lamp
NdGL – Nd:glass laser XeClL – XeCl laser

Mode of operation
AML – actively mode locked qs – Q-switched
cas – cascade pumping/deactivation pa – photon avalanche pumping
cw – continuous wave SML – synchronously mode locked
p – pulsed sml – soliton mode locked
PML – passively mode locked sp – self pulsed
qcw – quasi-continuous wave upc – upconversion pumping scheme
3+ 1
Cerium (Ce , 4f )
Host Laser Wavelength Temp. Optical
crystal transition ( m) (K) pump Mode Ref.
BaY F 5d ﬁ 4f 0.345 300 XeCl laser p 14
2 8
LaF 3 5d ﬁ 4f 0.286 300 Kr laser p 7
LiCaAlF 6 5d ﬁ 4f 0.278–0.335 300 QNdYAG p 6
0.2805–0.316 300 Cu laser p 1128
0.281–0.315 300 QNdYAG p 238
0.288 300 QNdYAG p 8
LiLuF 4 5d ﬁ 4f ~0.308 300 Ce:LiSAF p 1068
0.323–0.335 300 Kr laser p 12
LiSrAlF 6 5d ﬁ 4f 0.275–0.339 300 QNdYAG p 6
0.283–0.313 300 QNdYAG p 238
0.285–0.297 300 QNdYAG p 5
2
LiYF 4 5d ﬁ F 5/2 0.306–0.315 300 Kr laser p 9
2
5d ﬁ F 7/2 0.323–0.328 300 Kr laser p 9
0.3252 300 KrFL/ArFL p 11

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