Flashlamp pumped Cr:LiSrAlF6 laser

21 January 1991

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 58 (3) , 216-218
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.104693

Abstract

Tunable, flashlamp‐pumped laser properties are discribed for the crystal Cr:LiSrAlF₆ (Cr:LiSAF) in both long pulse and Q‐switched modes of operation. Slope efficiencies of 5%, overall efficiency of 3%, and a tuning range from 780 to 1010 nm are reported.

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