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12 May 2014Implications of the temperature dependence of Nd:YAG spectroscopic values for low temperature laser operation at 946 nm
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 (4F3/2 → 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 (4F3/2) 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.
S. J. Yoon andJ. 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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S. J. Yoon, 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