EXCITED-STATE ABSORPTION IN THE RANGE OF PUMPING AND LASER EFFICIENCYOF CR4+FORSTERITE

Authors
KULESHOV NV PODLIPENSKY AV SHCHERBITSKY VG LAGATSKY AA MIKHAILOV VP
Citation
Nv. Kuleshov et al., EXCITED-STATE ABSORPTION IN THE RANGE OF PUMPING AND LASER EFFICIENCYOF CR4+FORSTERITE, Optics letters, 23(13), 1998, pp. 1028-1030
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
13
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1028 - 1030
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:13<1028:EAITRO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The absorption saturation and the laser efficiency of Cr4+:forsterite were measured with 1064-nm (E parallel to b), 980-nm (E parallel to c) , and 780-nm (E parallel to b) pulsed laser pumping. A slope efficienc y of 32% was obtained for the 980-nm (E parallel to c) pump wavelength , where the excited-state absorption losses were shown to be negligibl e. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 140.3070, 140.3460, 140.5560, 140.3380.