Tunable ultraviolet solid-state lasers using large Ce:fluoride crystals and new pumping scheme

Using (Czochralski) CZ-grown large laser crystals, 60-mJ pulses and 27-mJ pulses were obtained from Ce:LiCaAlF/sub 6/ (Ce:LiCAF) and Ce:LiLuF/sub 4/ (Ce:LLF) lasers. Additionally, a new non-collinear Brewster-pumping disk Ce:LiCAF laser oscillator scheme was demonstrated for further output-energy scaling.