Optics Express · 2006 · 81 citations · 1 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceCeramic MaterialsCeramicsOptical MaterialsCeramic ProcessingCeramic TechnologyIi-vi SemiconductorsLaser Host MaterialsLaser Material ProcessingOptical CeramicsCeramic Host MaterialsCeramic LasersLaser Gain MaterialsLaser MaterialsRare-earth-doped Ceramics
The technology of hot-pressed Cr(2+):ZnSe ceramic preparation is reported. Comparative gain-switched lasing of hot-pressed ceramic and CVD grown Cr(2+):ZnSe samples with slope efficiencies up to 10% and output energies up to 2 mJ were demonstrated. This is a milestone in the development of future large scale mid-IR laser systems based on ceramic TM(2+):II-VI materials. This evolving technology has excellent potential as media for practical low cost, high power mid-IR laser applications.
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Continuous-wave broadly tunable Cr^2+:ZnSe laser
Gregory J. Wagner, Timothy J. Carrig, Ralph H. Page et al. · Optics Letters · 1999 · 180 citations