752 nm wing-pumped Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ laser

Abstract

The authors have demonstrated a LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr/sup 3+/ (Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/) laser pumped at 752 nm in the longwave wing of the /sup 4/A/sub 2/ to /sup 4/T/sub 2/ pump band. Measured optical, laser, and thermal properties of LiSrAlF/sub 6/-LiSrCrF/sub 6/ solid solutions indicate that efficient laser pumping can be achieved in the 750-780 nm region, and that AlGaAs laser diode arrays may be used to make efficient high-power diode-pumped tunable solid-state lasers.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>