Nd:LuYLF Generates 4.5-ps Pulses
Dec 1, 2001 — Solid-state lasers based on Nd:LuLF offer a wider spectral emission than those based on Nd:YLF, making them suitable for ultrashort-pulse operation, but LuLF is a much more expensive crystal to produce. Researchers at Centro de Lasers e Aplicações in São Paulo, Brazil, therefore, suggested only partially replacing the yttrium with lutetium, to yield a more economically viable lasing medium that they have dubbed Nd:LuYLF.
In the August issue of Optical Engineering, the researchers reported...