title: Room-temperature 3.4- mum Dy:BaYb(2)F(8) laser.
abstract: We have demonstrated a room-temperature laser on the (6)H(13/2) - (6)H(15/2) transition of Dy(3+) in Dy:BaYb(2)F(8) at 3.40 mum . A pulsed 1.3-microm Nd:YAG laser was used as the pump. Our measured spontaneous-emission spectrum for the (6)H(13/2) - (6)H(15/2) band indicates that this laser should be continuously tunable between 3.0 and 3.4 mum .
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authors.lastname: Djeu
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Hartwell
authors.forename: A A
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authors.lastname: Kaminskii
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Butashin