Acousto-optically tunable laser

Acousto-optical tuning has been implemented for an α-Al2O3:Ti3+ laser pumped by a 30 W Cuvapor laser, which is a generator-amplifier system operating at 15,625 Hz, with a pulse duration of 50 nsec. The system can select an arbitrary laser wavelength in the IR range for approximately 64 μsec. Experimentally the transformed IR beam has been varied in the visible and UV range.