Abstract

Compact diode-pumped solid-state lasers producing tunable picosecond pulses are very useful for scientific, medical, or industrial applications. Cr³⁺-doped Li-SrAl₆, (Cr:LiSAF) has been demonstrated to be a very interesting laser material emitting like titanium sapphire in the near infrared, between 800 and 1000 nm.¹ Moreover, its absorption band between 600 and 700 nm makes diode-pumping possible with recently developed high power AlGalnP red laser diodes.^2,3

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