Efficient operation of a room-temperature Fe2+:ZnSe laser pumped by a passively Q-switched Er:YAG laser. (October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Velikanov, S.D.; Gavrishchuk, E.M.; Zakharov, N.G.; Kozlovsky, V.I.; Korostelin, Yu.V.; Lazarenko, V.I.; Maneshkin, A.A.; Podmar'kov, Yu.P.; Saltykov, E.V.; Skasyrsky, Ya.K.; Frolov, M.P.; Tsykin, V.S.; Chuvatkin, R.S.; Yutkin, I.M.
• Is Part Of: Quantum electronics. Volume 47:Number 9(2017)
• Page Start: 831
• Page End: 834
• Publication Date: 2017-10
• Subjects: Fe2+:ZnSe laser -- Er:YAG laser -- passive Q-switching -- pulse train; Quantum electronics -- Periodicals; 537.5
• DOI: 10.1070/QEL16458
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1063-7818

Abstract

Abstract: Efficient generation of a train of laser pulses is obtained at room temperature in a Fe 2+ : ZnSe polycrystal pumped by a passively Q -switched Er:YAG laser. The Fe 2+ :ZnSe laser energy reaches 130 mJ at a slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power of 47%. The average pulse repetition rate in the train is ∼100 kHz.