Gain characteristics of an Nd3+ -glass pulsed solid-state laser amplifier
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A theory of the four-level solid-state laser has been applied to the case of an unsaturated Nd3+-glass pulsed laser amplifier operating at power levels in the order of 1 MW. Equations for flux density and population inversion have been derived which take into account the degeneracies and splittings of the laser levels. Experiments made with a Q-switched oscillator–amplifier structure validate the predicted exponential dependence of amplifier gain on pumping, over the range of energies applied.
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2008 ◽
Vol 35
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pp. 1132-1138
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1974 ◽
Vol 21
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pp. 773-782
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