S. D. Velikanov, E. M. Gavrishchuk, N. G. Zakharov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, V. I. Lazarenko, A. A. Maneshkin, Yu. P. Podmar'kov, E. V. Saltykov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov, V. S. Tsykin, R. S. Chuvatkin, I. M. Yutkin, “Efficient operation of a room-temperature Fe<sup>2+</sup> : ZnSe laser pumped by a passively Q-switched Er : YAG laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2017, Volume 47, Number 9,Pages <nobr>831

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Lasers

Efficient operation of a room-temperature Fe²⁺ : ZnSe laser pumped by a passively Q-switched Er : YAG laser

S. D. Velikanov^a, E. M. Gavrishchuk^b, N. G. Zakharov^a, V. I. Kozlovsky^c, Yu. V. Korostelin^c, V. I. Lazarenko^a, A. A. Maneshkin^a, Yu. P. Podmar'kov^c, E. V. Saltykov^a, Ya. K. Skasyrsky^c, M. P. Frolov^c, V. S. Tsykin^a, R. S. Chuvatkin^a, 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 Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances RAS, Nizhnii Novgorod
^c P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Efficient generation of a train of laser pulses is obtained at room temperature in a Fe²⁺ : ZnSe polycrystal pumped by a passively Q-switched Er : YAG laser. The Fe²⁺ : ZnSe laser energy reaches 130 mJ at a slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power of 47%. The average pulse repetition rate in the train is ~100 kHz.

Keywords: Fe²⁺ : ZnSe laser, Er : YAG laser, passive Q-switching, pulse train.

Received: 26.06.2017