• DocumentCode
    3012941
  • Title

    CW Single-Frequency Tunable, CW Multi-Watt Polycrystalline, and CW Hot-Pressed-Ceramic Cr2+:ZnSe Lasers

  • Author

    Moskalev, Igor S. ; Fedorov, Vladimir V. ; Mirov, Sergey B.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate CW ultrafast-tunable (4 mum/s), 150 mW, single-longitudinal-mode (120 MHz); and CW multi-watt (2.7 W at 2.5 mum), highly efficient (39% real efficiency) polycrystalline Cr :ZnSe lasers; and CW hot-pressed ceramic Cr2+ :ZnSe laser.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; ceramics; chromium; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; ZnSe:Cr; ceramic laser; frequency 120 MHz; hot pressing; multi-watt lasers; polycrystalline lasers; power 150 mW; power 2.7 W; single-longitudinal-mode lasers; ultrafast-tunable lasers; wavelength 2.5 mum; Ceramics; Chromium; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453047
  • Filename
    4453047