• DocumentCode
    520292
  • Title

    High-power, widely tunable Cr2+: ZnSe laser

  • Author

    Berry, P.A. ; Schepler, K.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Air Force Res. Lab., Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate high-power (4 W), widely-tunable (400 nm) polycrystalline Cr2+: ZnSe CW laser system utilizing an astigmatically-compensated Littrow-configuration cavity design. Using an etalon, linewidths as low as 2 nm were achieved.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; chromium; interferometers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; solid lasers; zinc compounds; ZnSe:Cr; astigmatically-compensated Littrow-configuration cavity design; etalons; wavelength 400 nm; widely tunable solid lasers; Chromium; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser excitation; Optical design; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499861