Efficient broadly tunable Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser

Author

Sorokina, Irina T. ; Sorokin, Evgeni ; Di Lieto, A. ; Tonelli, Mauro ; Page, R.H. ; Schaffers, K.I.

Author_Institution

Photonics Inst., Tech. Univ. Wien, Austria

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. The properties of Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe, in particular its high thermal conductivity, low excited state absorption (ESA), high emission cross-section and /spl sim/1000 nm broad fluorescence bandwidth give it enormous potential as a material for tunable and ultrashort-pulsed laser sources. This paper presents the results of investigation of spectroscopic as well as laser properties of a Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser, operating in cw, pulsed and actively mode-locked regimes.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; laser mode locking; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; thermal conductivity; zinc compounds; 1000 nm; Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser; ZnSe:Cr; actively mode-locked regimes; broad fluorescence bandwidth; broadly tunable; cw lasers; high emission cross-section; high thermal conductivity; laser properties; low excited state absorption; pulsed lasers; spectroscopic properties; tunable ultrashort-pulsed laser sources; Absorption; Bandwidth; Chromium; Conducting materials; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Thermal conductivity; Tunable circuits and devices; Zinc compounds;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910166

Filename

910166