Threshold analysis of pulsed lasers with application to a room temperature Co:MgF2 laser

JAMES HARRISON; DAVID WELFORD; PETER F. MOULTON

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1989),
paper MC3

Threshold analysis of pulsed lasers with application to a room temperature Co:MgF₂ laser

JAMES HARRISON, DAVID WELFORD, and PETER F. MOULTON

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1989

Baltimore, Maryland United States
24–28 April 1989
ISBN: 1-55752-086-0

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J. HARRISON, D. WELFORD, and P. F. MOULTON, "Threshold analysis of pulsed lasers with application to a room temperature Co:MgF2 laser," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, R. Bartolini, P. Liao, J. Bufton, and W. Krupke, eds., Vol. 11 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1989), paper MC3.

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Abstract

Rate equation calculations¹ have been used to model accurately the near threshold behavior of a Co:MgF₂ laser operating at room temperature. The results demonstrate the limitations of the conventional threshold analysis of pulsed laser-pumped solid state lasers.

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