Continuous-wave broadly tunable Cr2+: ZnSe laser

Authors
Wagner, GJ Carrig, TJ Page, RH Schaffers, KI Ndap, JO Ma, XY Burger, A
Citation
Gj. Wagner et al., Continuous-wave broadly tunable Cr2+: ZnSe laser, OPTICS LETT, 24(1), 1999, pp. 19-21
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
19 - 21
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990101)24:1<19:CBTCZL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
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. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.