InP diode-pumped Cr:ZnS and Cr:ZnSe highly efficient, widely-tunable, mid-IR lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7578, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Moskalev, Igor S ^a   Fedorov, Vladimir V ^a   Mirov, Sergey B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Photonics Innovations Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cr:ZnS; Cr:ZnSe; Middle infrared laser; Solid state laser; Tunable laser

Indexed keywords

CR : ZNSE; CW-LASER; DIODE-PUMPED; DIODE-PUMPING; EMITTER DIODES; GAIN MEDIA; INP; LASER DESIGNS; LASER PUMPING; MID-IR LASERS; MIDDLE INFRARED; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OUTPUT COUPLERS; OUTPUT POWER; TUNABLE LASER SOURCES; TUNABLE LASERS; WAVELENGTH TUNING; ZNSE LASERS;

CHALCOGENIDES; CHROMIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER TUNING; LASERS; PUMPING (LASER); PUMPS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; ZINC SULFIDE;

INFRARED LASERS;

EID: 77951739207     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.841377     Document Type: Conference Paper

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