Mid-IR laser oscillation in Cr2+:ZnSe planar waveguide

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 25, 2010, Pages 25999-26006

  Williams, J E ^a   Fedorov, V V ^a,b   Martyshkin, D V ^a,b   Moskalev, I S ^b   Camata, R P ^a   Mirov, S B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Photonics Innovations Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DEPOSITION; ERBIUM; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; Q SWITCHING; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

ER:YAG LASERS; MID-IR LASERS; MIDINFRARED; PASSIVE Q-SWITCHING; PLANAR WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATES; ZINC SELENIDE;

PULSED LASERS;

CHROMIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC DERIVATIVE; ZINC SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; OSCILLOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CHROMIUM; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; OSCILLOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78650052696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025999     Document Type: Article

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