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
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