Implications of the temperature dependence of Nd:YAG spectroscopic values for low temperature laser operation at 946 nm

S. J. Yoon; J. I. Mackenzie

doi:10.1117/12.2054333

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12 May 2014 Implications of the temperature dependence of Nd:YAG spectroscopic values for low temperature laser operation at 946 nm

S. J. Yoon, J. I. Mackenzie

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Proceedings Volume 9135, Laser Sources and Applications II; 913503 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054333
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2014, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

We present our measurements of the key spectroscopic properties over the temperature range of 77 K to 450 K for Nd³⁺ ions doped in Y₃Al₅O₁₂ (YAG). From room to liquid nitrogen temperature (LNT), the peak absorption cross section around 808 nm increased by almost 3 times, in conjunction the bandwidth of this absorption line reduced by the same factor. At LNT the peak of the absorption line was blue shifted by 0.25 nm with respect to that at 300 K. The fluorescence spectrum between 850 nm – 1450 nm was measured, from which the emission cross sections for the three main transitions were calculated. One note of particular interest for the dominant emission wavelengths around 1064nm and 1061nm (⁴F_3/2 → 4I11/2) was the switch in their relative strength below 170K, and at LNT the 1061 nm line has almost twice the cross section as at 1064nm.. The fluorescence and lifetime of the upper laser level (⁴F_3/2) was measured and the effective emission cross section determined by the Fuchtbauer-Ladenburg (F-L) method. The effective emission cross section for 946 nm (R₁ → Z₅) increased by more than two times over the 300 K to 77 K range. A numerical fit for the temperature dependent emission cross section at 946 nm and 1064 nm and also calculated absorption coefficient at 808 nm pump diode laser have also obtained from the measured spectroscopic data.

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S. J. Yoon and J. I. Mackenzie "Implications of the temperature dependence of Nd:YAG spectroscopic values for low temperature laser operation at 946 nm", Proc. SPIE 9135, Laser Sources and Applications II, 913503 (12 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054333

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