Title :
Continuous-wave polycrystalline Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser pumped by a 1.85 /spl mu/m InGaAsP/InP laser diode
Author :
Moskalev, I.S. ; Gallian, A. ; Fedorov, V.V. ; Mirov, S.B. ; Badikov, V.V. ; Panyutin, V. ; Garbusov, D. ; Kudryashov, I. ; Todorov, Stan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA
Abstract :
We report the polycrystalline Cr/sup 2+/:ZnSe laser, pumped by the 1.85 /spl mu/m InGaAsP/InP laser diode and Er-fiber laser. The output power is 42 and 520 mW at a slope efficiency of 23 and 53 %, respectively.
Keywords :
chromium; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; 1.85 mum; 23 percent; 42 mW; 520 mW; 53 percent; Er-fiber laser; InGaAsP-InP; InGaAsP-InP laser diode; ZnSe:Cr/sup 2+/; continuous-wave polycrystalline Cr/sup 2+/-ZnSe laser; slope efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
