High Efficiency Flashlamp-Pumped Titanium: Sapphire Laser

Abstract

A flashlamp pumped titanium sapphire laser has been operated with efficiencies approaching 1% using a fluorescent converter. Performance of specific fluorescent converters is described, and ways to further increase the efficiency at the titanium sapphire laser are discussed. (EG)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217598

Entities

People

  • Leon Esterowitz
  • Philip Lacovara
  • Roger Allen

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barium Compounds
  • Converters
  • Dyes
  • Efficiency
  • Electro-Optics
  • High Voltage
  • Laser Dyes
  • Laser Pumping
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Repetition Rate
  • Sapphire
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Spark Gaps
  • Stainless Steel
  • Titanium
  • Titanium Sapphire Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy