title: Operation of a Ti:sapphire laser pumped by a 499-nm green laser.
abstract: We report, for the first time, to our knowledge, the operation of a tunable Ti:sapphire laser pumped by a third-order Raman XeCl-H(2) laser system at 499 nm with a 60-ns pulse duration. The slope efficiency is 59% for this laser, producing pulses of 20-ns duration. The highest conversion-energy efficiency obtained is 41%, with an output energy of 1.2 mJ. The tuning range for a single set of cavity mirrors is 680-834 nm and is limited mainly by the mirror reflectivity. This study shows that a combined laser system based on a XeCl excimer laser can offer wavelength diversity.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gu O
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lou
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authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Deng