HEAT TREATMENT AND OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF CR4+:GGG FOR PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHING ND:GARNET LASERS

S. Mohamed,; S. Jamal,; M. Zafer,; A. Sh. M. Yassin,

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S. Mohamed, S. Jamal, M. Zafer, A. Sh. M. Yassin. HEAT TREATMENT AND OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF CR4+:GGG FOR PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHING ND:GARNET LASERS . , IJMSE. 2014; 11 (2) :79-86
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HEAT TREATMENT AND OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY OF CR4+:GGG FOR PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHING ND:GARNET LASERS

S. Mohamed ^*

, S. Jamal

, M. Zafer

, A. Sh. M. Yassin

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High quality GGG:Cr,Ca crystal for passive Q-switching Nd:garnet lasers has been grown by the Czochralski method. Thermal treatment of GGG crystals co-doped with Cr4+ and Ca2+ at different temperatures is investigated. The absorption spectra were resolved into different peaks, of modified Gaussian line-shape. Transition from octahedral sites to tetrahedral ones is thermally activated. An optimal temperature interval for this transition was found to be 1200-1300 ˚C. The investigated samples were used as saturable absorbers in flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAG laser, and a pulse width of about 16 nsec was obtained

Keywords: Cr, Ca:GGG, Czochralski method, Passive Q-switch, Saturable absorber.

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