title: Flash-lamp-pumped Ti:Al(2)O(3) laser using fluorescent conversion.
abstract: We have achieved efficient room-temperature flash-lamp-pumped laser operation in titanium-doped sapphire. The laser has a threshold of 20 J, a slope efficiency of 0.5%, an output energy in excess of 300 mJ, and a tuning range (with our present optics) of 720-920 nm. Ways of reducing the lasing threshold and increasing slope efficiency are discussed.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lacovara
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Esterowitz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Allen