EFFICIENT ROOM-TEMPERATURE OPERATION OF A FLASH-LAMP-PUMPED, CR,TM-YAG LASER AT 2.01 MU-M

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作者
QUARLES, GJ
ROSENBAUM, A
MARQUARDT, CL
ESTEROWITZ, L
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[1] Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
[2] S.F.A. Inc., Landover, MD
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10.1364/OL.15.000042
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report what is to our knowledge the first room-temperature operation of an efficient flash-lamp-pumped Cr, Tm:YAG laser at 2.014 μm. Thresholds as low as 43 J, output energies exceeding 2 J, and slope efficiencies as high as 4.5% have been achieved using a compact diffuse-reflecting pump cavity. These efficiencies are an order of magnitude higher than those previously reported for a 2.01-μm Cr, Tm:YAG laser operated at cryogenic temperatures. © 1990 Optical Society of America.
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