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Flashlamp-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser: Influence of the rod figure of merit and Ti3+ concentration
J.p. BoquillonO. Mussetsubject
Materials sciencePhysics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)business.industrySlope efficiencyGeneral EngineeringTi:sapphire laserGeneral Physics and AstronomyPulse durationLaserCapacitancelaw.inventionOptical pumpingOpticslawSapphireOptoelectronicsFigure of meritbusinessdescription
A flashlamp-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser is tested with rods of various Figures of Merit (FOM from 100 to 800) and Ti3+ concentrations (0.1 and 0.15% by weight) and we measured the laser energy dependence as a function of these parameters. Output energies above 2 J are obtained without dye converter, leading to a 1.8% overall efficiency and a 2.2% slope efficiency. The effects of pump pulse duration by variation of the discharge capacitance are also monitored.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-09-01 | Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics |