Title :
CW and pulsed Cr/sup 2+/:ZnS and ZnSe microchip lasers
Author :
Mirov, S.B. ; Fedorov, V.V. ; Graham, K. ; Moskalev, I.S. ; Badikov, V.V. ; Panutin, V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. There is a growing demand for affordable, compact, room temperature operational and broadly tunable mid-infrared laser sources for use in a variety of remote sensing applications. The most impressive results have been obtained using Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe crystals. Cr:ZnS and especially Cr:CdS have yet remained barely studied. In this paper we extend our effort to develop novel high optical density and high quality chromium doped ZnS, CdS, and ZnSe microchip laser crystals.
Keywords :
chromium; infrared sources; laser transitions; laser tuning; microchip lasers; semiconductor lasers; zinc compounds; Cr/sup 2+/:ZnS; ZnS:Cr/sup 2+/; ZnSe; broadly tunable mid-infrared laser sources; cw lasers; high quality chromium doped microchip laser crystals; pulsed microchip lasers; remote sensing applications; room temperature operational; Chromium; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Zinc compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033507
