title: All-Solid-State Tunable Ultraviolet Subnanosecond Laser with Direct Pumping by the Fifth Harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser.
abstract: We report what we believe is the first all-solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser pumped by the fifth harmonic of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Our laser based on a Ce(3+):LiLuF(4) active medium stably generates a single, satellite-free, 0.88-ns pulse under 5-ns, 10-Hz repetition rate pumping conditions. A novel tilted-incident-angle side-pumping scheme resulted in a simple laser-cavity design.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sarukura
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izumida
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Dubinskii
authors.forename: R Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Abdulsabirov
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Korableva