FLASH-LAMP-PUMPED LASER OPERATION OF ND(3-MU-M()Y2SIO5 AT 1.074)

Authors
COMASKEY B ALBRECHT GF BEACH RJ MORAN BD SOLARZ RW
Citation
B. Comaskey et al., FLASH-LAMP-PUMPED LASER OPERATION OF ND(3-MU-M()Y2SIO5 AT 1.074), Optics letters, 18(23), 1993, pp. 2029-2031
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
23
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2029 - 2031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:23<2029:FLOONA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Flash-lamp-pumped laser operation of Nd3+:Y2SiO5 by use of the Nd3+ F- 4(3/2)-F-4(11/2) transition at 1.074 mum is obtained and compared with that from an identically pumped standard-doped Nd3+:YAG rod. Higher f ree-laser performance in Nd3+:Y2SiO5 is attributed to its higher dopin g. Approximately 2.5 times more energy in Q-switched pulses is generat ed in the Nd3+:Y2SiO5 rod than in the prelase-limited Nd:YAG rod.