Mid-infrared Diode Pumped Cr:ZnSe Laser Continuously Tunable from 2.1 μm up to 2.7 μm Operated at Room Temperature

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2659160" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2659160</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2659160" target="_blank" >10.1117/12.2659160</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Mid-infrared Diode Pumped Cr:ZnSe Laser Continuously Tunable from 2.1 μm up to 2.7 μm Operated at Room Temperature

Original language description

The spectroscopic and laser characteristics of optically polished Cr:ZnSe single crystals in four different lengths of 2, 3, 5, and 10 mm were investigated when pumping with a laser diode generating radiation at the wavelength of ~1.69 μm. The optimization from the point of laser efficiency was done in dependence on the crystal samples active length, effect of antireflection (AR) coatings, pumping pulse duration, and repetition rate. As a result, a 3 mm thick anti-reflection coated Cr:ZnSe crystal pumped by a laser diode with a pulse length of 20 ms and repetition rate of 10 Hz was chosen as the optimal. Using a 0.8 mm thick MgF2 birefringent filter the laser oscillations were continuously tunable from 2.1 μm up to 2.7 μm with the narrow spectral linewidth of ~5 nm and Gaussian beam profile. Maximum mean output power of ~0.35 W and maximum optical-to-optical slope efficiency of ~39% was obtained for 3 mm thick AR-coated sample which was ~28% and ~10% higher than that for uncoated sample of the same thickness, respectively. Continuously tunable laser oscillation wavelength was measured in the range of ~2.1-2.7 µm with the mean output power of P >= 150 mW within a ~5 nm linewidth. The absorption and fluorescence spectra as well as fluorescence lifetime were also measured. The Cr2+ fluorescence lifetime of ~7.2 µs measured for the 1 ns pulse excitation at room temperature (RT) was constant within the whole absorption band of 1.35–2.25 µm.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000778" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000778: Center for advanced applied science</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proc. SPIE 12502, 22nd Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics

ISBN

978-1-5106-6111-0

ISSN

0277-786X

e-ISSN

1996-756X

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

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Publisher name

SPIE

Place of publication

Bellingham (stát Washington)

Event location

Wojanów

Event date

Sep 5, 2022

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000920988700001