@inproceedings{403014bf549a4bdd8382d29c9696c15e,
title = "Effects of pulse timing parameters on bulk Erbium laser operation in the eyesafe region",
abstract = "Diode-pumping with appropriately modulated pulses is used to expose subtle input / output pulse-timing characteristics of Er3+:Yb 3+-codoped systems, particularly Er3+:Yb 3+:glass and Er3+:Yb3+:YAG, and study their relation to laser efficiency. In free-running operation, these systems may persist to lase for uncommonly long time periods (up to a ms) after the pump stops. In Q-switched operation, maximum laser output is obtained only if Q-switching is purposely delayed for some significant additional time (typically 50-500μs) following the end of the pump pulse. Furthermore, pump-pulse duration affects profoundly the Er3+:Yb3+-laser output performance, especially in Q-switched mode. Numerical modeling simulations are presented, accounting for the observed effects and extrapolating them to novel regimes of Er3+: Yb3+-laser operation.",
keywords = "Diode-pumped laser, Er:Yb:glass, Er:Yb:YAG, Erbium laser, Eyesafe laser, Eyesafe wavelength, Free-running laser, Laser-pulse emission delay, Q-switched laser, Ytterbium sensitizer",
author = "E. Georgiou and N. Lazarides and O. Musset and Boquillon, {J. P.}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1117/12.781020",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9780819471963",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III",
note = "Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers III ; Conference date: 08-04-2008 Through 10-04-2008",
}