Compact Cr: ZnS channel waveguide laser operating at 2333 nm

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 7052-7057

  Macdonald, John R ^a   Beecher, Stephen J ^b   Lancaster, Adam ^a   Berry, Patrick A ^c   Schepler, Kenneth L ^c   Mirov, Sergey B ^d   Kar, Ajoy K ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTOR; LASER MATERIALS; LASER TECHNOLOGIES; MAXIMUM POWER; POWER-SCALING; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84897015715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.007052     Document Type: Article

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