Title :
Sensitive broadband mid-IR Cr2+:ZnS-laser-based spectrometer
Author :
Sorokin, Evgeni ; Sorokina, Irina T. ; Guelachvili, Guy ; Jacquemet, Mathieu ; Picqué, Nathalie
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Photonik, Tech. Univ. Wien, Vienna
Abstract :
We report a Cr2+:ZnS laser for broadband ultrasensitive intracavity laser spectroscopy, with effective absorption path up to about 50 km in the 2.4 mum range. The spectrometer operates with both Er-fiber and direct diode pumping.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; fibre lasers; infrared spectrometers; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; ZnS:Cr; direct diode pumping; sensitive broadband mid-IR laser spectrometer; ultrasensitive intracavity laser spectroscopy; Chemical lasers; Chromium; Diodes; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.5680) Rare-earth and transition-metal solid-state lasers; (300.6300) Spectroscopy, Fourier transforms;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627638
