title: Efficient room-temperature operation of a flash-lamp-pumped, Cr,Tm:YAG laser at 2.01 microm.
abstract: We report what is to our knowledge the first room-temperature operation of an efficient flash-lamp-pumped Cr,Tm:YAG laser at 2.014 microm. Thresholds as low as 43 J, output energies exceeding 2 J, and slope efficiencies as high as 4.5% have been achieved using a compact diffuse-reflecting pump cavity. These efficiencies are an order of magnitude higher than those previously reported for a 2.01-microm Cr,Tm:YAG laser operated at cryogenic temperatures.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Quarles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rosenbaum
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Esterowitz