title: Tunable continuous-wave operation of a Cr3+,Li+:Mg2SiO4 laser.
abstract: Room-temperature tunable cw laser oscillation of Cr3+ ions in forsterite crystals (Mg2SiO4) codoped with chromium and lithium has been demonstrated, for the first time to the authors' knowledge, in pumping a crystal with a Ti:sapphire laser into the first excited level of Cr3+ ions (4A2-4T2 transition). The laser is smoothly tunable in the region of 1095-1170 nm. A slope efficiency as great as 4.4% has been achieved.
authors.affiliation: A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Lebedev
authors.forename: S Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Tenyakov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Gaister
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Podstavkin
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shestakov
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Sorokin