DocumentCode
2088408
Title
Novel mid-infrared random powder lasers Cr/sup 2+/:ZnS vs. Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe
Author
Sorokina, Irina T. ; Sorokin, Evgeni ; Shcherbitsky, V.G. ; Kuleshov, Nikolai V. ; Zhu, G. ; Frantz, A. ; Noginov, M.A.
Author_Institution
Institut fur Photonik, Technische Univ. Wien, Vienna
fYear
2004
fDate
21-21 May 2004
Firstpage
736
Lastpage
738
Abstract
We report the first room-temperature pulsed lasing from the single-crystalline Cr2+:ZnS (around 2.3 mum) and Cr2+ :ZnSe (around 2.4 mum) powders with the threshold pump energy density as low as ~34 mJ/cm2
Keywords
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; powders; semiconductor lasers; ZnS:Cr2+; ZnSe:Cr2+; midinfrared random powder lasers; room-temperature pulsed lasing; threshold pump energy density;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-778-4
Type
conf
Filename
1366977
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