Efficient flash lamp pumped YSGG:Cr:Yb:Ho laser at 3 micron

Efficient flash lamp pumped YSGG:Cr:Yb:Ho laser at 3 micron

We demonstrated that flash lamp-pumped YSGG:Cr:Yb:Ho laser at 3 /spl mu/m is feasible for practical use both in free running and Q-switched modes. This laser has high amplification gain. An output energy of 62 mJ was obtained by amplification of 10 mJ laser pulse. With improved optical components we...

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Hauptverfasser: Lukashev, A.V., Zavartsev, Yu.D., Zagumennyi, A.I., Karasev, M.E., Kulevskii, L.A., Pashinin, P.P., Studenikin, P.A., Tranev, V.N.
Format: Tagungsbericht
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Lamps
Laser excitation
Laser modes
Optical amplifiers
Optical devices
Optical pulses
Oscillators
Pulse amplifiers
Pump lasers
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
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Zusammenfassung:We demonstrated that flash lamp-pumped YSGG:Cr:Yb:Ho laser at 3 /spl mu/m is feasible for practical use both in free running and Q-switched modes. This laser has high amplification gain. An output energy of 62 mJ was obtained by amplification of 10 mJ laser pulse. With improved optical components we believe that a scaled up configuration of the master oscillator and single pass amplifier will achieve reliable lasing up to 100 mJ in TEM/sub 00/ mode. That would give this laser new possibilities for applications in IR nonlinear optics and medicine.
ISSN:1092-8081
2766-1733
DOI:10.1109/LEOS.1999.812033