Vanadates

Nd³⁺-doped yttrium orthovanadate (YVO₄) has shown a relatively low threshold at pulsed operation. However, early studies of this crystal were hampered by severe crystal growth problems, and as a result YVO₄ was discarded as a host.With the emergence of diode pumping, Nd :YVO₄ has become an important solid-state laser material, because it has very attractive features, such as a large stimulated emission cross section and a high absorption of the pump wavelength, and the growth problem has been overcome for the small crystals required with this pump source.

مواضيع ذات صلة

الليزرات والسوائل التي تصعد إلى الأعلى

الليزر والميزر

Flashtube Explosion

Tube Failure

Plane–Parallel Resonator

Concave–Convex Resonator

Plano-Concave Resonator

Mirrors of Equal Curvature

Parasitic Oscillations

Prelasing

Depopulation Losses

The Three-Level System