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Table 1.1.17— continued
Commercial Crystalline Lanthanide Ion Lasers
Laser Type Operation Wavelengths ( m) Output
Nd:YVO 4 pulsed (DP) 0.355 (TH) 30 mW
cw 0.473 (SH) 1–100 mW
cw (DP) 0.473 (SH) 20 mW
cw 0.532 (SH) 0.01–5 W
cw (DP) 0.532 (SH) 10–50 mW
pulsed 1.064 £ 150 mJ
cw 1.064 2.5–10 W
Nd:GGG (Gd Ga O ) pulsed 1.062 14 J
12
5
3
Nd:YAP or YALO (YAlO ) cw, pulsed 1.079 £ 60 W
3
Nd,Cr:GSGG (Gd Sc Ga O ) pulsed 1.061 0.5–40 J
12
3
3
2

Holmium
Ho:YLF cw 2.048–2.069 0.05–1 W
Ho:YAG (Y Al O ) cw 2.088–2.091 0.05–1 W
5
12
3
pulsed 2.1 1–5 J
Ho:YSGG (Y Sc Ga O ) pulsed 2.088 3 J
3
12
3
2
Ho,Tm,Cr:YAG (Y Al O ) cw 2.09 0.05–1 W
3
5
12
pulsed 2.09 0.5–2 J
Erbium
Er:YAG (Y Al O ) cw 2.90, 2.94 2–10 W
3
5
12
pulsed 2.90, 2.94 1–4 J
Er:YSGG (Y Sc Ga O ) pulsed 2.79 2 J
12
2
3
3
Thulium
Tm:LuAG (Lu Al O ) pulsed (DP) 2.019, 2.033 0.01 J
12
3
5
cw 2.019, 2.033 0.05–1 W
Tm:YAG (Y Al O ) pulsed 2.01 2 J
3
5
12
cw 2.006–2.025 0.05–1 W
Abbreviations: SH - second harmonic, TH - third harmonic, FH - fourth harmonic, FFH - fifth
harmonic, DP – diode pumped.

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