S. D. Velikanov, N. A. Zaretsky, E. A. Zotov, S. Yu. Kazantsev, I. G. Kononov, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. A. Maneshkin, K. N. Firsov, M. P. Frolov, I. M. Yutkin, “Room-temperature 1.2-J Fe<sup>2+</sup>:ZnSe laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2016, Volume 46, Number 1,Pages <nobr>11

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Room-temperature 1.2-J Fe²⁺:ZnSe laser

S. D. Velikanov^a, N. A. Zaretsky^a, E. A. Zotov^a, S. Yu. Kazantsev^b, I. G. Kononov^b, Yu. V. Korostelin^c, A. A. Maneshkin^a, K. N. Firsov^bd, M. P. Frolov^eb, I. M. Yutkin^a

^a Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics", Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region
^b A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^d Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (National Nuclear Research University)
^e Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region

Abstract: The characteristics of a laser based on a Fe²⁺:ZnSe single crystal pumped by an electric-discharge HF laser at room temperature are studied. The HF laser beam diameter on the crystal surface was 17 mm. The achieved laser energy was 1.2 J with an efficiency of ∼ 25% with respect to the pump energy.

Keywords: Fe²⁺:ZnSe laser, electric-discharge HF laser, optical pumping.

Received: 22.09.2015
Revised: 05.11.2015