The Cr 3+ : LiSAF crystal is widely used as a laser medium of a wide gain spectrum from 700 nm to 920 nm. Our numerical investigations demonstrate a spectro-temporal evolution in the broadband Cr 3+ : LiSAF laser emission from Fabry-Perot resonator and particularly, from a low -Q resonator. Furthermore, the resonator transient and the phenomenon of relaxation oscillations in the solidstate Cr 3+ : LiSAF laser have been studied. Interestingly, using a diode-pump pulse of 100 μs at 670 nm, a

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... e generation of single nanosecond Cr 3+ : LiSAF laser pulse at 850 nm is obtainable by simple choices of resonator parameters such as photon-cavity time and pump level. A pulse compression factor of 1 000 is achievable. As a result, a simple technique of short laser pulse generation at a high repetition rate of diode pumping pulses has been proposed.