Continuous-wave tunable Cr2+:ZnS laser

被引:55
作者
Sorokina, IT
Sorokin, E
Mirov, S
Fedorov, V
Badikov, V
Panyutin, V
Di Lieto, A
Tonelli, M
机构
[1] Vienna Univ Technol, Inst Photon, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
[2] Univ Alabama Birmingham, Dept Phys, Birmingham, AL 35244 USA
[3] Kuban State Univ, Krasnodar 350040, Russia
[4] Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, INFM, I-56127 Pisa, Italy
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APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 2002年 / 74卷 / 06期
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10.1007/s003400200845
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report the first continuous-wave tunable over similar to 280 nm around 2.3 mum room-temperature operation of a chemical vapor transport-grown and diffusion-doped Cr2+:ZnS laser, pumped by a Co:MgF2 laser at 1.67 mum and generating over 100 mW of output power at 16% slope efficiency. The self-consistent results of the laser and spectroscopic analysis demonstrate a large potential of this crystal as an active medium for diode-pumped tunable mid-infrared sources.
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