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Lasers and amplifiers

Optimisation of the pumping parameters of a repetitively pulsed erbium laser

L. O. Byshevskaya-Konopko^a, I. L. Vorob'ev^a, A. A. Izyneev^a, P. I. Sadovskii^a, S. N. Sergeev<sup>b

a</sup> Kotelnikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics, Fryazino Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b Physics Instrumentation Center, A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Troitsk, Moscow region

Abstract: The lasing parameters of active elements made of a new LGS-KhCh chromium – ytterbium – erbium glass are studied in the free-running mode. The methods for optimising the pump parameters and the laser design are demonstrated. An average output power of 8 W was achieved in a repetitively pulsed regime at the radiation divergence of 12 mrad at the 0.9 level.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Lh

Received: 25.06.2001

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2001, 31:10, 861–863

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