In recent years,from the laser experimental study of neodymium doped potassium g adolinium tungstate,i.e.KGd(WO 4) 2 (KGW),laser scientific workers had discove r ed that it has many advantages,as compared to YAG and o...In recent years,from the laser experimental study of neodymium doped potassium g adolinium tungstate,i.e.KGd(WO 4) 2 (KGW),laser scientific workers had discove r ed that it has many advantages,as compared to YAG and other tungstate crystals u n der indentical experimental conditions,such as low lasing threshold,high output energy o r power and high efficiency et al.Especially,as seen on the absorption spectra o f Nd:YAG and Nd:KGW reported by V.Kushawaha et al,a strong and broad absorption line around 808nm is much wider (～12nmFWHM) in Nd:KGW as compared to the Nd:YAG (～1.5nm FWHM),and this wavelength is just during the main peak area emitted by diode laser,so that Nd:KGW may be a excellent candidate for efficient diode pum ping at 808nm.Therefore the research and development of KGW crystals and laser d evices has been bestowed great attention in interational laser science area.For the laser rod with dimensions of 5mm×8mm and 6.3mm×75mm,the xenon flashlamp pumping KGW laser have achieved more laser output and higher efficie n ies than the YAG crystals under identical experimental conditions,by V.Kushawaha et al.In Unite State and K.A.Stankov et al.in Germang respectively.展开更多
文摘In recent years,from the laser experimental study of neodymium doped potassium g adolinium tungstate,i.e.KGd(WO 4) 2 (KGW),laser scientific workers had discove r ed that it has many advantages,as compared to YAG and other tungstate crystals u n der indentical experimental conditions,such as low lasing threshold,high output energy o r power and high efficiency et al.Especially,as seen on the absorption spectra o f Nd:YAG and Nd:KGW reported by V.Kushawaha et al,a strong and broad absorption line around 808nm is much wider (～12nmFWHM) in Nd:KGW as compared to the Nd:YAG (～1.5nm FWHM),and this wavelength is just during the main peak area emitted by diode laser,so that Nd:KGW may be a excellent candidate for efficient diode pum ping at 808nm.Therefore the research and development of KGW crystals and laser d evices has been bestowed great attention in interational laser science area.For the laser rod with dimensions of 5mm×8mm and 6.3mm×75mm,the xenon flashlamp pumping KGW laser have achieved more laser output and higher efficie n ies than the YAG crystals under identical experimental conditions,by V.Kushawaha et al.In Unite State and K.A.Stankov et al.in Germang respectively.
