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Lasers and amplifiers

Efficient emission at 1908 nm in a diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser

N. G. Zakharov^a, O. L. Antipov^a, A. P. Savikin^a, V. V. Sharkov^a, O. N. Eremeykin^a, Yu. N. Frolov^b, G. M. Mishchenko^b, S. D. Velikanov<sup>b

a</sup> Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod
^b Institute of Laser Physics Research, Russian Federal Nuclear Center "All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics", Sarov

Abstract: Emission parameters at 1908 nm in a longitudinally-diode-pumped Tm:YLF laser are studied. The laser parameters are optimised to obtain the maximal power of high-quality cw radiation. The output power of ~27 W is obtained at the slope efficiency of ~50% and total optical pump conversion efficiency of ~41%.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.55.Xi, 42.60.Jf, 42.60.Da

Received: 15.09.2008
Revised: 21.10.2008

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2009, 39:5, 410–414

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