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A method for obtaining a broad (30–100 Å) emission line in neodymium-glass lasers is proposed. In this case, an active medium is a combination of two different glass matrices, silicate and phosphate, doped with Nd3+ ions. The structure and spectrum width of such lasers were experimentally studied depending on the active element properties, cavity type, and pump power. A radiation spectrum width more than twice larger in comparison with silicate-glass lasers was achieved.
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Original Russian Text © M.V. Osipov, V.N. Puzyrev, A.N. Starodub, S.I. Fedotov, A.A. Fronya, 2007, published in Kratkie Soobshcheniya po Fizike, 2007, Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 3–10.
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Osipov, M.V., Puzyrev, V.N., Starodub, A.N. et al. Study of the spectral composition of the radiation of the neodymium-glass laser with combined active medium. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 34, 307–311 (2007). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335607110012
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