Optical and laser properties of Pr3+:YLF crystal

Abstract

The absorption and emission spectra of Pr 3+ :YLF crystal were measured respectively. The results demonstrated that Pr 3+ :YLF crystal has promising properties to produce visible laser directly. In laser experiments, a pulsed Pr 3+ :YLF laser operated at 639.4 nm using a dye laser as pump source was reported. Maximum output energy of 142 μJ, a pulse width of 15 ns and a peak power of 9.5 kW were obtained with the output coupler transmissivity of 7%. Output energy of 639 nm versus pump energy

Direct comparison of Yb3+-doped LiYF4 and LiLuF4 as laser media at room-temperature

“…YLF has been widely studied as a laser material and generally for such application [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. By contrast, only few works have been published on LLF single crystal probably because the cost of LuF 3 raw material is too high [18,19].…”