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  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1988),
  • paper ME5

Room-temperature operation of the Co: MgF2 laser

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Abstract

The Co: MgF2 laser is an attractive continuously tunable source for the mid-IR. However, to date liquid nitrogen1 or thermoelectric2 cooling was required for efficient operation. We report the first room-temperature pulsed normal-mode operation of Co: MgF2, At a 10-Hz pulse repetition rate (prr), continuous tuning from 1.8 to 2.5 μm with pulse energies up to 51 mJ and 50% slope efficiency was obtained.

© 1988 Optical Society of America

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