COMPARISON OF THRESHOLD ENERGY OF SELECTIVELY EXCITED YALO3ER AND YAG-ER LASERS

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BREGUET, J [1 ]
UMYSKOV, AF [1 ]
SEMENKOV, SG [1 ]
LUTHY, W [1 ]
WEBER, HP [1 ]
SHCHERBAKOV, IA [1 ]
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[1] ACAD SCI USSR,INST GEN PHYS,117942 MOSCOW,USSR
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10.1109/3.161313
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Laser performance is studied for YAlO3:Er and YAG:Er lasers that were excited with selective filtering of the pump light. In particular, the influence of the cross-relaxation process W has been studied. The threshold energy for YAlO3:Er is lower than for YAG:Er. This disparity is attributed to the differences in the lifetimes of the laser levels of the two crystals.
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