title: Performance of gain-switched Ti:A12O3 unstable-resonator lasers.
abstract: We describe an experimental investigation of Ti:A1(2)O(3) unstable-resonator lasers. A near-diffraction-limited output of 430 mJ in a 10-nsec pulse at 10 Hz has been obtained, which is to our knowledge the highest peak power from a Ti:A1(2)O(3) laser reported. We report results for both standing-wave and traveling-wave oscillators, demonstrating line narrowing by means of prism tuning and injection seeding.
authors.affiliation: Schwartz Electro-Optics, Inc., 45 Winthrop Street, Concord, Massachusetts 01742, USA.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rines
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Moulton