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A flashlamp-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser is tested with rods of various Figures of Merit (FOM from 100 to 800) and Ti3+ concentrations (0.1 and 0.15% by weight) and we measured the laser energy dependence as a function of these parameters. Output energies above 2 J are obtained without dye converter, leading to a 1.8% overall efficiency and a 2.2% slope efficiency. The effects of pump pulse duration by variation of the discharge capacitance are also monitored.
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Boquillon, J.P., Musset, O. Flashlamp-pumped Ti:Sapphire laser: Influence of the rod figure of merit and Ti3+ concentration. Appl. Phys. B 59, 357–360 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081405
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01081405