A 10 kHz Ce:LiSAF laser pumped by the sum-frequency-mixed output of a copper vapour laser

We report what we believe is the first Ce:LiSAF laser pumped by the 271 nm sum-frequency-mixed output of a copper vapour laser. The 10 kHz pulse-repetition-frequency (PRF) free-lasing Ce:LiSAF laser yielded a maximum output power of 70 mW, with a slope efficiency of 21%. With a single prism tunabili...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Optics communications 2001-06, Vol.193 (1), p.233-236
Hauptverfasser:	McGonigle, A.J.S., Coutts, D.W., Girard, S., Moncorgé, R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Beam characteristics: profile, intensity, and power spatial pattern formation Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers Exact sciences and technology Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) Laser optical systems: design and operation Lasers Metal vapour lasers Modulation, tuning, and mode locking Optics Physics Solid state lasers
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Zusammenfassung:	We report what we believe is the first Ce:LiSAF laser pumped by the 271 nm sum-frequency-mixed output of a copper vapour laser. The 10 kHz pulse-repetition-frequency (PRF) free-lasing Ce:LiSAF laser yielded a maximum output power of 70 mW, with a slope efficiency of 21%. With a single prism tunability from 285–295 nm was achieved, which is believed to be the first report of tunable laser operation from a Ce:LiSAF laser, operating at high (multi-kHz) PRFs.
ISSN:	0030-4018 1873-0310
DOI:	10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01258-5