DEMONSTRATION OF ROOM-TEMPERATURE LASER ACTION AT 2.5 MU-M FROM CR2+CD0.85MN0.15TE

Authors
HOMMERICH U WU X DAVIS VR TRIVEDI SB GRASZA K CHEN RJ KUTCHER S
Citation
U. Hommerich et al., DEMONSTRATION OF ROOM-TEMPERATURE LASER ACTION AT 2.5 MU-M FROM CR2+CD0.85MN0.15TE, Optics letters, 22(15), 1997, pp. 1180-1182
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
22
Issue
15
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1180 - 1182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1997)22:15<1180:DORLAA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Room-temperature laser action from Cr2+-doped Cd0.85Mn0.15Te has been demonstrated for what is believed to be the first time. We achieved pu lsed laser operation centered at similar to 2.5 mu m by pumping into t he mid-infrared absorption band of Cr2+ ions by use of the 1.907-mu m output of a H-2 Raman-shifted Nd:YAG laser. The output of the free-run ning Cr2+:Cd0.85Mn0.15Te laser had a width of similar to 50 nm (FWHM), and the slope efficiency was calculated to be 5.5% under nonoptimum c onditions. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.