Efficient 100 mW Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser pumped by a 1.9 /spl mu/m laser diode

Author

Albrecht, D. ; Mond, M. ; Heumann, E. ; Huber, G. ; Kuck, S. ; Levchenko, V.I. ; Yakimovich, V.N. ; Shcherbitsky, V.G. ; Kisel, V.E. ; Kuleshov, N.V. ; Rattunde, M. ; Schmitz, J. ; Kiefer, R. ; Wagner, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Laser-Phys., Hamburg Univ., Germany

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

121

Abstract

Summary from only given. Broadly tunable and efficient laser operation of Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe have been reported for different pump sources. For many applications, e.g. medical use or trace gas analysis, an efficient compact diode pumped Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser is of great demand. We present for the first time an efficient continuous-wave Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser pumped by high power GaSb laser diodes, which operate at wavelengths of 1.9 /spl mu/m and 2.0 /spl mu/m.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; chromium; laser transitions; laser tuning; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; 1.9 micron; 2.0 micron; Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser; ZnSe:Cr/sup 2+/; broadly tunable laser operation; continuous-wave Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser; diode laser pumping; high power GaSb laser diodes; pump sources; Chromium; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Zinc compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033508

Filename

1033508