3.9-4.8 μm gain-switched lasing of Fe:ZnSe at room temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 10608-10615

  Kernal, J ^a   Fedorov, V V ^a   Gallian, A ^a   Mirov, S B ^a   Badikov, V V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KUBAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER TUNING; PHOTOIONIZATION;

GAIN-SWITCHED LASING; IONIZATION TRANSITIONS; MID-IR EMISSIONS; ULTRA-BROADBAND SPECTRAL RANGE;

LASERS;

EID: 29244466087     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.010608     Document Type: Article

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