Abstract
This joint issue of Optics Express and Optical Materials Express features 28 state-of-the-art articles written by authors who participated in the international “Advanced Solid State Lasers” conference, held in Boston November 4–8, 2018. This review provides a summary of these articles that cover the spectrum of solid state lasers from materials research to sources and from design innovation to applications.
Highlights
Vol 9, No 8 / 1 August 2019 / Optical Materials Express 3306Focus issue introduction: advanced solid-state lasersBENOÎT BOULANGER,1,* GREGORY GOODNO,2 SHIBIN JIANG,3 SERGEY MIROV,4,5 JOHAN NILSSON,6 ALAN PETERSEN,7 AND STEFANO TACCHEO8 AbstractThis joint issue of Optics Express and Optical Materials Express features 28 state-ofthe-art articles written by authors who participated in the international “Advanced Solid State Lasers” conference, held in Boston November 4–8, 2018
The same team measured and characterized the UV-near-IR absorption properties of Ti:sapphire crystals. Their data on 800-nm-peak shows a complex line shape, with a lower limit set by Ti3+ pair absorption. They demonstrated that the maximum possible Figure-of-Merit for Ti:sapphire reduces as the doping level increases [5].V
The amplifier was constructed by concatenating single-mode and HOM ytterbium-doped double clad fibers, and was excited by a common multimode pump source [10]
Summary
Vol 9, No 8 / 1 August 2019 / Optical Materials Express 3306Focus issue introduction: advanced solid-state lasersBENOÎT BOULANGER,1,* GREGORY GOODNO,2 SHIBIN JIANG,3 SERGEY MIROV,4,5 JOHAN NILSSON,6 ALAN PETERSEN,7 AND STEFANO TACCHEO8 AbstractThis joint issue of Optics Express and Optical Materials Express features 28 state-ofthe-art articles written by authors who participated in the international “Advanced Solid State Lasers” conference, held in Boston November 4–8, 2018. They found significant changes in the spectral shape of the pumping band in Ti:sapphire with increased doping, and explained the results in terms of absorption due to pairs of Ti3+ ions. They demonstrated that the maximum possible Figure-of-Merit for Ti:sapphire reduces as the doping level increases [5].V. Fedorov et al report on the characterization of energy transfer in iron-chromium co-doped ZnSe middle-infrared laser crystals.
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