1. High-Efficiency, Broadly Tunable Continuous-Wave Cr2+:ZnSe laser
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Arnold Burger, Kathleen I. Schaffers, J.-O. Ndap, X. Ma, Ralph H. Page, Richard H. Jarman, Timothy J. Carrig, and Gregory J. Wagner
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Materials science ,Dye laser ,business.industry ,Far-infrared laser ,Slope efficiency ,Laser pumping ,Laser ,law.invention ,Optics ,law ,Diode-pumped solid-state laser ,Optoelectronics ,Laser power scaling ,business ,Tunable laser - Abstract
We report room-temperature operation of an all solid-state, continuous-wave Cr2+:ZnSe laser. The laser was pumped by a Tm:YALO laser operating at 1940 nm. Demonstrated Cr:ZnSe laser results include: output power of 380 mW, an absorbed power slope efficiency of 63%, an absorbed power threshold as low as 98 mW, and continuous tunability from 2138 to 2760 nm. All Cr:ZnSe laser crystals were prepared by the diffusion doping technique.
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- 2001
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