INFLUENCE OF CR4+ ION CONCENTRATION ON CW OPERATION OF FORSTERITE LASER AND ITS RELATION TO THERMAL PROBLEMS

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作者
IVANOV, AA
MINKOV, BI
JONUSAUSKAS, G
OBERLE, J
RULLIERE, C
机构
[1] UNIV BORDEAUX 1,CTR PHYS MOLEC OPT & HERTZIENNE,CNRS,UA 238,F-33405 TALENCE,FRANCE
[2] MOSCOW MV LOMONOSOV STATE UNIV,CTR INT LASER,MOSCOW 119899,RUSSIA
[3] UKRAINIAN ACAD SCI,INST SINGLE CRYSTALS,KHARKOV 310141,UKRAINE
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10.1016/0030-4018(95)00064-F
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The output power characteristics of a cw chromium-doped forsterite laser were measured at 270 K for crystals with different concentrations of Cr4+ ions. A maximum output power of 900 mW was obtained with the lowest concentration of ions in the laser crystal, when it absorbed 7.6 W of the Nd:YAG pump laser at a wavelength of 1064 nm. It is shown that thermal equilibrium inside the crystal strictly controls the output power.
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