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.Keywords
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