A. A. Kaminskii, A. I. Lyashenko, N. P. Isaev, V. N. Karlov, V. L. Pavlovich, S. N. Bagayev, A. V. Butashin, L. E. Li, “Quasi-cw Pr3+ : LiYF4 laser with λ = 0.6395 μm and an average output power of 2.3 W”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1998, Volume 25, Number 3,Pages 195

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Quasi-cw Pr³⁺ : LiYF₄ laser with λ = 0.6395 μm and an average output power of 2.3 W

A. A. Kaminskii^a, A. I. Lyashenko^b, N. P. Isaev^b, V. N. Karlov^b, V. L. Pavlovich^b, S. N. Bagayev^c, A. V. Butashin^a, L. E. Li^a

^a Institute of Cristallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Polyus Research and Development Institute named after M. F. Stel'makh, Moscow
^c Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: A quasi-cw flashlamp-pumped Pr³⁺ : LiYF₄ laser was developed. It emits in the red part of the spectrum (λ_las = 0.6395 μm) and it is repetitively pulsed. Its average output power is 2.3 W at a repetition rate of f = 10 Hz and 650 mW at f = 50 Hz.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Lh, 78.45.+h

Received: 25.12.1997