Hello All,
Is there a book that has an exhaustive list of all materials that have been used for laser experiments and gives the primary frequency generated from said material (crystals, gases, everything)
IF so, is there any academic material on say why CO2 produces 10,000 nm and ND YAG produces 1,100 nm. Why are crystal lasers more powerful and could gas lasers be just as powerful with the proper cooling and gas circulation?
My specific project was a CO2 laser until I realized that CO2 will not produce the proper frequency I need at 10,000 nm. I need ~ 1,100 nm but the only laser I could find that will produce primarily in that frequency is a ND YAG laser which is a crystal laser. Does a gas laser exist that produces this frequency, I would think out of all the gasses known to man there would have to be a gas that produces ~ 1,100 nm
Also a geologist friend of mine just indicated that YAG is a synthetic crystal which means that someone deliberately created this stone for lasers ... how did they know they would need yttrium aluminum garnet and how did they know to dope it with Neodymium?