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Lasers
Use of a LiF colour centre laser for pumping an Yb:YAG active medium
T. T. Basieva, N. E. Bykovskiib, V. A. Konyushkina, Yu. V. Senatskyb a Laser Materials and Technology Research Center, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow
b P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Abstract:
An Yb:YAG laser crystal containing 20% of Yb was pumped by a F2+:LiF colour centre laser emitting in the spectral range from 0.89 to 0.95 μm. We managed to pump 10% of a total amount of Yb ions to the 2F5/2 metastable level of ytterbium in small volumes of the optically dense Yb:YAG laser crystal, which corresponds to the energy density stored in the crystal equal to 30 J cm-3. Nanosecond pulses were generated at transitions between the Stark components of the 2F5/2 and 2F7/2 levels of Yb3+ ions at the wavelengths near 1.03 and 1.05 μm. The possibility of using Yb:YAG crystals and ceramics in high-power laser drivers in laser fusion experiments is discussed.
Received: 26.04.2004 Revised: 12.07.2004
Citation:
T. T. Basiev, N. E. Bykovskii, V. A. Konyushkin, Yu. V. Senatsky, “Use of a LiF colour centre laser for pumping an Yb:YAG active medium”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 34:12 (2004), 1138–1142 [Quantum Electron., 34:12 (2004), 1138–1142]
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