• DocumentCode
    2230987
  • Title

    Self-starting Kerr-mode-locked polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnSe laser

  • Author

    Moskalev, Igor S. ; Fedorov, Vladimir V. ; Mirov, Sergey B.

  • Author_Institution
    COSS Center, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a middle-infrared self-starting Kerr-mode-locked Cr:ZnSe laser operating at 103 MHz repetition-rate with estimated lower limit of the pulse width of 300 fs and output power of 50 mW at 2.4 mum wavelength.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; chalcogenide glasses; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; laser mode locking; optical Kerr effect; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; ZnSe:Cr; doped chalcogenide lasers; frequency 103 MHz; middle-infrared laser; polycrystalline Cr2+:ZnSe laser; power 50 mW; self-starting Kerr-mode-locking; time 300 fs; wavelength 2.4 mum; Chromium; Laser mode locking; Laser transitions; Mirrors; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; (140.3570) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers; (140.7090) Ultrafast lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571237
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2230987