Modeling of Er in ceramic YAG and comparison with single-crystal YAG

Bahram Zandi; John B. Gruber; Dhiraj K. Sardar; Toomas H. Allik

doi:10.1117/12.602938

1 June 2005 Modeling of Er in ceramic YAG and comparison with single-crystal YAG

Bahram Zandi, John B. Gruber, Dhiraj K. Sardar, Toomas H. Allik

Proceedings Volume 5792, Laser Source and System Technology for Defense and Security; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602938
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Recent advances in the growth of rare earths doped into ceramic (poly-crystalline) materials have generated considerable interest for the next generation of tactical laser systems mainly because ceramics provide larger size, greater strength and lower cost factors in design than their single-crystalline counterparts. For many years, Nd:YAG has been the laser material choice for stability and high power Er has been an ion laser source of interest for defense due to its eye-safe emission at 1.5 μm and has applications in infrared counter-measures, illumination detection, remote sensing and communication technologies. A model Hamiltonian including atomic and crystal-field terms is diagonalized within the complete 4f¹¹ SLJMJ basis set which includes 364 states. Within the standard deviation obtained between 117 comparable calculated-to-observed Stark levels, one set of atomic and crystal-field parameters describes the splitting of the Nd³⁺ and Er³⁺ energy levels in either the ceramic or single-crystal host. We report a detailed crystal-field splitting analysis for a number of multiplet manifolds of Nd³⁺ and Er³⁺ in both the ceramic and single-crystal form of YAG (Y₃Al₅O₁₂). With few exceptions, analysis shows that the energy-level structure of Nd³⁺ and Er³⁺ is similar in the ceramic and single-crystal laser rods.

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Bahram Zandi, John B. Gruber, Dhiraj K. Sardar, and Toomas H. Allik "Modeling of Er in ceramic YAG and comparison with single-crystal YAG", Proc. SPIE 5792, Laser Source and System Technology for Defense and Security, (1 June 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602938

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