3.77-5.05-μm tunable solid-state lasers based on Fe2+-doped ZnSe crystals operating at low and room temperatures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 907-917

  Fedorov, Vladimir V ^a   Mirov, Sergey B ^a   Gallian, Andrew ^a   Badikov, Dmitri V ^b   Frolov, Mikhail P ^c   Korostelin, Yuri V ^c   Kozlovsky, Vladimir I ^c   Landman, Alexander I ^c   Podmar'Kov, Yuri P ^c   Akimov, Vadim A ^d   Voronov, Artem A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b KUBAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Mid infrared (mid IR) lasers; Transition metal lasers; Tunable solid state lasers

Indexed keywords

CO-DOPED; CR : ZNSE; ER: YAG; ER:YAG LASERS; GAIN-SWITCHED LASING; LASERS TUNABLE; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICROCHIP LASERS; MID-INFRARED (MID-IR) LASERS; MID-INFRARED SPECTRAL RANGE; MIDINFRARED; ND : YAG LASERS; OSCILLATION THRESHOLD; OUTPUT ENERGY; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHED; PUMP SOURCES; Q-SWITCHED; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SELECTIVE CAVITY; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTRAL RANGE; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; THERMOELECTRICALLY-COOLED; TUNABLE SOLID-STATE LASERS; ZNSE LASERS;

CHROMIUM; CRYSTALS; ERBIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SOLID STATE LASERS; TRANSITION METALS;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 34250758804     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.880119     Document Type: Article

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