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1.1.10 Commercial Crystalline Transition Metal Ion Lasers

Table 1.1.16
Commercial Crystalline Transition Metal Ion Lasers
Principal
Laser Type Operation wavelengths ( m) Output
Ruby (Cr:Al O ) pulsed (SH) 0.347 0.1–0.3 J
3
2
cw 0.6943 7 W
pulsed 0.6943 0.3–100 J
Alexandrite (Cr:BeAl O ) pulsed 0.36–0.4 (SH) 10–500 mJ
2
4
cw 0.7–0.8 0.1–2 W
pulsed 0.72–0.82 10 mJ–3 J
Ti: sapphire (Ti:Al O ) pulsed 0.25–0.30 (TH) 50 mJ–1 mJ
3
2
cw 0.36–0.46 (SH) 0.01–0.2 mW
pulsed 0.36–0.45 (SH) 0.3–25 mJ
cw 0.67–1.13 0.25–5 W
pulsed 0.7–1.1 10 mJ–3 J

Cobalt perovskite (Co:MgF ) pulsed, cw 1.75–2.5 20–25 mJ
2
Chromium:LiSAF (Cr:LiSrAlF ) pulsed 0.78–1.01 2 mJ
6
Chromium fluoride (Cr:KZnF ) cw 0.78–0.85 1 W
3
pulsed 0.78–0.85 10 mJ
Forsterite (Cr:Mg SiO ) pulsed 0.58–0.66 (SH) 2 mJ
2
4
pulsed 1.13–1.36 0.1–20 J
Abbreviations: SH - second harmonic, TH - third harmonic,

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