Cr:ZnSe laser crystal grown by Bridgeman technique: Characteristics and laser performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6451, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Koranda, Petr ^a   Jelínková, Helena ^a   Šulc, Jan ^a   Němec, Michal ^a   Doroshenko, Maxim E ^b   Basiev, Tasoltan T ^b   Komar, Vitaly K ^c   Gerasimenko, Andriy S ^c   Puzikov, Vyacheslav M ^c  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SINGLE CRYSTALS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Bridgeman; Cr:ZnSe; Er:YAP; Mid infrared; Tm:YAP; Tunable

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LASER RADIATION; PRISMS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BRIDGEMAN TECHNIQUE; CRYSTAL BULK; THICK BLOCKS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 34248369427     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.698154     Document Type: Conference Paper

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