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Giant laser radiation pulses from erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet crystals

Journal Article · · Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
An investigation was made of the lasing properties of Q-switched YAG:Er/sup 3 +/ crystals (/sup 4/I/sub 11/2/--/sup 4/I/sub 13/2/). An energy of 100 mJ was obtained in the TEM/sub 00/ mode and the pulse duration was 65 nsec. Under free-lasing conditions, the efficiency was 1.25% and the output radiation energy 5 J. The radiation parameters were strongly influenced by the Stark splitting of the /sup 4/I/sub 11/2/ and /sup 4/I/sub 13/2/ active levels.
Research Organization:
P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow
OSTI ID:
6649976
Journal Information:
Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Sov. J. Quant. Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 10:9; ISSN SJQEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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