A. N. Alpat'ev, V. A. Smirnov, T. Tsuboi, I. A. Shcherbakov, “Relaxation oscillations of the intensity of radiation from a two-micron thulium laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1997, Volume 24, Number 3,Pages <nobr>209

Lasers

Relaxation oscillations of the intensity of radiation from a two-micron thulium laser

A. N. Alpat'ev^a, V. A. Smirnov^a, T. Tsuboi^b, I. A. Shcherbakov^a

^a Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan

Abstract: Analytic expressions are derived for the frequency and for the decay decrement of relaxation oscillations of the intensity of λ = 2 μm radiation from a thulium laser. Numerical estimates of these two parameters are obtained for a Tm³⁺ : YSGG crystal laser.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Rn

Received: 24.07.1996