• DocumentCode
    2233008
  • Title

    Recent advances in Cr2+ and Fe2+ doped mid-IR laser materials

  • Author

    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
    Recent advances in Cr2+ and Fe2+ doped mid-IR polycrystalline, hot-pressed ceramic, and quantum dot laser materials fabrication and lasing under optical excitation are presented. First steps towards achieving a direct electrical excitation are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; chromium; hot pressing; iron; optical fabrication; optical materials; quantum dot lasers; zinc compounds; ZnS:Cr2+; ZnS:Fe2+; ZnSe:Cr2+; ZnSe:Fe2+; direct electrical excitation; hot-pressed ceramics; mid-IR laser material; optical excitation; quantum dot laser material fabrication; Chromium; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum dot lasers; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers; 160.6990 Transition-metal-doped materials;
  • 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
    4571326