A. N. Alpat'ev, E. V. Zharikov, S. P. Kalitin, V. A. Smirnov, A. F. Umyskov, I. A. Shcherbakov, “Generation of a giant pulse in the TEM00 mode (λ = 2.088 μm) in a flashlamp-pumped YSGG:Cr:Tm:Ho crystal”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1989, Volume 16, Number 4,Pages 672

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Generation of a giant pulse in the TEM₀₀ mode (λ = 2.088 μm) in a flashlamp-pumped YSGG:Cr:Tm:Ho crystal

A. N. Alpat'ev, E. V. Zharikov, S. P. Kalitin, V. A. Smirnov, A. F. Umyskov, I. A. Shcherbakov

Abstract: Q-switching in a flashlamp-pumped yttrium scandium gallium garnet crystal, activated with chromium, thulium, and holmium ions (YSGG:Cr:Tm:Ho), resulted in emission of theTEM₀₀ mode because of the ⁵I₇→⁵I₈ transition in Ho ions (λ = 2.088 μm) at room temperature. When the pump energy was 80 J and the repetition frequency was 1 Hz, a giant TEM₀₀ pulse with an energy of 50 mJ was generated.

UDC: 621.373.826.038.825.2

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.By, 42.60.Gd, 42.60.Jf, 42.70.Hj

Received: 12.07.1988