INTRACAVITY-PUMPED 2.09-MU-M HO - YAG LASER

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作者
STONEMAN, RC
ESTEROWITZ, L
机构
[1] Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375
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10.1364/OL.17.000736
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The 2.09-mu-m Ho:YAG I-5(7) --> I-5(8) laser transition is intracavity pumped by a Tm:YAG laser. Separate Tm:YAG and Ho:YAG crystals share a single laser cavity, the Tm:YAG crystal is pumped at 785 nm, and the resulting 2.01-mu-m Tm3+ laser emission pumps the Ho:YAG crystal. The slope efficiency of the 2.09-mu-m Ho3+ laser output is 42% of the absorbed 785-nm pump power.
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