• DocumentCode
    689189
  • Title

    Recent advances in high power, high energy tunable Cr:ZnS/Se lasers

  • Author

    Mirov, Sergey B. ; Fedorov, Vladimir V. ; Moskalev, Igor S. ; Vasyliev, S. ; Martyshkin, D.V. ; Mirov, M.S. ; Gapontsev, V.P.

  • Author_Institution
    -IR Lasers, IPG Photonics Corp., Birmingham, AL, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on recent progress in development of high power; high energy; tunable (1.9-3.3 μm), mid-IR Cr:ZnS/Se lasers operating in CW (>20 W), gain-switched (>20 mJ@7ns) and long pulse (>1 J@7ms) regimes.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; chromium; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; CW regimes; ZnS-ZnSe:Cr; gain-switched regimes; high energy tunable laser; high power lasers; long pulse regimes; mid-IR lasers; wavelength 1.9 mum to 3.3 mum; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833571