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High-brightness, rapidly-tunable Cr: ZnSe lasers

Andrew Zakel, Gregory J. Wagner, Amy C. Sullivan, J. Wenzel, W. J. Alford, Timothy J. Carrig

Advanced Solid-State Photonics · 2005 · 12 citations · 2 references

Concepts

EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsOptical AmplifiersOptical ResonatorsOscillatorsSemiconductor LasersHigh-power LasersHigh-power OscillatorsLaser Beam QualityLasersTunable LasersTunable Oscillators

Abstract

We report a high-brightness, rapidly-tunable Cr: ZnSe master-oscillator power-amplifier producing greater than 5 W of average power with near diffraction limited beam quality and 2 GHz linewidth. An 18.5 W Cr: ZnSe power oscillator was also demonstrated.

References

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Efficient broadly tunable continuous-wave Cr^2+ :ZnSe laser

Irina T. Sorokina, Evgeni Sorokin, A. Di Lieto et al. · Journal of the Optical Society of America B · 2001 · 77 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Optical Materials +13

High-Power and Q-Switched Cr:ZnSe Lasers

W. J. Alford, Gregory J. Wagner, Amy C. Sullivan et al. · Advanced Solid-State Photonics · 2003 · 16 citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Optics +16