SLOPE EFFICIENCY AND TUNABILITY OF A CR2+CD0.85MN0.15TE MIDINFRARED LASER

Authors
SEO JT HOMMERICH U TRIVEDI SB CHEN RJ KUTCHER S
Citation
Jt. Seo et al., SLOPE EFFICIENCY AND TUNABILITY OF A CR2+CD0.85MN0.15TE MIDINFRARED LASER, Optics communications, 153(4-6), 1998, pp. 267-270
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
153
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
267 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)153:4-6<267:SEATOA>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Efficient and widely tunable mid-infrared laser operation from Cr2+: C d0.85Mn0.15Te was demonstrated. The pulsed Cr2+: Cd0.85Mn0.15Te laser was tuned using a quartz birefringent filter in a spectral range from 2300-2600 nm. Free running laser action centered at similar to 2660 nm was achieved using a set of mid-infrared laser mirrors on CaF2 substr ates, The maximum slope efficiency obtained for the free-running laser using an uncoated crystal was 44.2%. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. A ll rights reserved.