INFLUENCE OF CR4+ ION CONCENTRATION ON CW OPERATION OF FORSTERITE LASER AND ITS RELATION TO THERMAL PROBLEMS

Authors
IVANOV AA MINKOV BI JONUSAUSKAS G OBERLE J RULLIERE C
Citation
Aa. Ivanov et al., INFLUENCE OF CR4+ ION CONCENTRATION ON CW OPERATION OF FORSTERITE LASER AND ITS RELATION TO THERMAL PROBLEMS, Optics communications, 116(1-3), 1995, pp. 131-135
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
116
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
131 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)116:1-3<131:IOCICO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The output power characteristics of a cw chromium-doped forsterite las er were measured at 270 K for crystals with different concentrations o f Cr4+ ions. A maximum output power of 900 mW was obtained with the lo west concentration of ions in the laser crystal, when it absorbed 7.6 W of the Nd:YAG pump laser at a wavelength of 1064 nm. It is shown tha t thermal equilibrium inside the crystal strictly controls the output power.