Abstract
Ce3+:LiCaAlF4 (Ce:LiCAF) [1] is already known as practical tunable ultraviolet laser crystal pumped with the fourth harmonic of an Nd:YAG laser. 60 mJ output from this laser medium was already demonstrated with large-sized CZ-grown crystal [2]. If other pumping schemes were available, it would expand the applicability of this laser medium. In this paper, we report on the observation of new excitation channel of Ce3+ through LiCAF host crystal.
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