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Injection-seeded, gain-switched tunable Cr:ZnSe laser |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 2, pp. 136-138 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.000136
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Abstract
We report a narrow-linewidth, tunable, gain-switched Cr:ZnSe laser operating between 2255 and 2455 nm. The spectral width of the laser was reduced from 125 nm to 0.3 nm by using injection seeding. Seeding was achieved with a second tunable CW Cr:ZnSe laser. The output wavelength was varied by tuning the wavelength of the seed laser. The seeded oscillator produced as high as 157 µJ pulses with 598 µJ incident pump pulse energy at a repetition rate of 1 kHz. The slope efficiency was determined to be 26%.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3070) Lasers and laser optics : Infrared and far-infrared lasers
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
(140.3600) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, tunable
(140.3425) Lasers and laser optics : Laser stabilization
(140.3538) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, pulsed
ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics
History
Original Manuscript: November 16, 2011
Revised Manuscript: November 16, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: November 17, 2011
Published: January 9, 2012
Citation
Huseyin Cankaya, M. Natali Cizmeciyan, Ersen Beyatlı, A. Tolga Gorgulu, Adnan Kurt, and Alphan Sennaroglu, "Injection-seeded, gain-switched tunable Cr:ZnSe laser," Opt. Lett. 37, 136-138 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-2-136
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