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Pulsed and cw lasing in a new Cr³⁺:Li:Mg₂SiO₄ laser crystal

A. V. Gaister^a, E. V. Zharikov^a, V. F. Lebedev^b, A. S. Podstavkin^c, S. Yu. Tenyakov^b, A. V. Shestakov^c, I. A. Shcherbakov^a

^a Laser Materials and Technology Research Center, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow
^b Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^c E.L.S. Co. Scientific and Production Center, Moscow

Abstract: CW and pulsed lasing is obtained for the first time in Cr³⁺ ions in a forsterite (Mg₂SiO₄) crystal codoped with lithium ions. Pulsed lasing is tunable in the spectral range from 1030 to 1180 nm.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Lh

Received: 05.07.2004