DocumentCode
1946596
Title
Tunable diode-pumped continuous-wave single crystal and ceramic Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe lasers
Author
Sorokin, E. ; Sorokina, I.T. ; Di Lieto, A. ; Tonelli, M. ; Page, R.H.
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Photonik, Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Firstpage
26
Abstract
We report the first broadly tunable over 350 nm diode-pumped cw room-temperature crystalline Cr:ZnSe laser, delivering 65 mW, as well as the first diode-pumped ceramic Cr:ZnSe laser, delivering 20 mW.
Keywords
chromium; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; 20 mW; 65 mW; ZnSe:Cr; broadly tunable laser; ceramic laser; cost-effective mid-infrared laser sources; diffusion-doped window material; diode-pumped continuous-wave lasers; laser output characteristics; room-temperature laser; single crystal lasers; slope efficiency; ultrabroadband crystal; uncoated plane-parallel plates; Ceramics; Chromium; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Diodes; Laser tuning; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Zinc compounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6738-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.968017
Filename
968017
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