• DocumentCode
    2233558
  • Title

    Picosecond tunable mode-locking of a Cr2+:ZnSe laser with a frequency-doubling nonlinear mirror

  • Author

    Dherbecourt, Jean-Baptiste ; Denoeud, Adrien ; Melkonian, Jean-Michel ; Raybaut, Myriam ; Godard, Antoine ; Lefebvre, Michel ; Rosencher, Emmanuel

  • Author_Institution
    ONERA the French Aerosp. Lab., Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on a nonlinear mirror based on a fan-out PPLN crystal that enables tunable mode-locking of a Cr2+ :ZnSe laser in the picosecond regime. More than 100 nm tunability is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    II-VI semiconductors; chromium; high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; LiNbO3; ZnSe:Cr; fan-out PPLN crystal; frequency-doubling nonlinear mirror; picosecond tunable mode-locking; semiconductor lasers; Crystals; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950365
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2233558