Fading properties of a NaF:F+2* color center laser

1 September 1983

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics

Vol. 54 (9) , 4821-4825
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.332789

Abstract

An investigation of the temporal stability of a color center laser based on F⁺₂* centers in NaF is presented. It is found that the fading of the output power strongly depends on pump power, intracavity power, pump wavelength, and temperature. Optimum conditions for operation were thus derived to improve the temporal stability of this tunable laser.

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