Published January 1999 | Version v1
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Continuous-wave broadly tunable Cr2+:ZnSe laser

Creators

  • 1. Coherent Technologies, Inc., 655 Aspen Ridge Drive, Lafayette, Colorado 80026 (United States)
  • 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Mail Code L-441, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, California, 94550 (United States)
  • 3. Center for Photonic Materials and Devices, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 37208 (United States)

Description

We report room-temperature operation of an all-solid-state broadly tunable continuous-wave Cr2+: ZnSe laser. Output power of 250 mW, an absorbed power slope efficiency of 63%, and continuous tunability from 2138 to 2760 nm are demonstrated. copyright 1999 Optical Society of America

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Optics Letters
Journal Volume
24
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 19-21
ISSN
0146-9592
CODEN
OPLEDP

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30010821
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; CHROMIUM ADDITIONS; CRYSTALS; INFRARED SPECTRA; SOLID STATE LASERS; TUNING; ZINC SELENIDES
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; LASERS; SELENIDES; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTRA; ZINC COMPOUNDS