Physics of Solid-State Laser Materials |
| A.J. Wojtowicz Institute of Physics, N. Copernicus University, ul. Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Toruń, Poland and Chemistry Department, Boston University 590 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 02215 MA, USA |
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| A survey of the physical properties of solid state materials activated with d2, d3 and d8 transition metal ions is presented in the context of tunable laser operation. An emphasis is put on common characteristics of all three systems, like a strong electron-phonon coupling and similar electronic structures. The conditions necessary to obtain a tunable operation and to avoid an overlap of the excited state absorption and emission are formulated. It is shown that the d3 configuration system has the largest range of allowed values of the crystal field parameter 10Dq. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.80.193 PACS numbers: 42.55.Rz, 78.50.-w, 78.55.-m |