Color Center Laser, Material, and Method of Lasing.
Abstract
The present invention pertains generally to methods of preparing laser materials and of lasing those materials and in particular to methods of suitably preparing color-center materials and for achieving broadly tunable lasing in those materials. A laser material for a solid state tunable laser comprises a potassium or rubidium halide crystal with lithium and/or sodium cation impurities in a crystalographic structure with point defects consisting essentially of F sub 2(t) and F sub 2(+)A color centers and electron traps. The crystals are colored both additively and with ionizing radiation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADD009369
Entities
People
- Irwin Schneider
Organizations
- United States Department of the Navy