FLASHLAMP-PUMPED TI-SAPPHIRE LASER - INFLUENCE OF THE ROD FIGURE OF MERIT AND TI3+ CONCENTRATION

Authors
BOQUILLON JP MUSSET O
Citation
Jp. Boquillon et O. Musset, FLASHLAMP-PUMPED TI-SAPPHIRE LASER - INFLUENCE OF THE ROD FIGURE OF MERIT AND TI3+ CONCENTRATION, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 59(3), 1994, pp. 357-360
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
59
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
357 - 360
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1994)59:3<357:FTL-IO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A flashlamp-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser is tested with rods of various Fi gures of Merit (FOM from 100 to 800) and Ti3+ concentrations (0.1 and 0.15% by weight) and we measured the laser energy dependence as a func tion of these parameters. Output energies above 2 J are obtained witho ut dye converter, leading to a 1.8% overall efficiency and a 2.2% slop e efficiency. The effects of pump pulse duration by variation of the d ischarge capacitance are also monitored.