Mid-infrared laser performance of Ce 3+ -doped selenide glass.

Autor: Fjodorow P, Frolov MP, Leonov SO, Denker BI, Galagan BI, Sverchkov SE, Koltashev VV, Plotnichenko VG, Sukhanov MV, Velmuzhov AP
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics express [Opt Express] 2021 Aug 16; Vol. 29 (17), pp. 27674-27682.
DOI: 10.1364/OE.433828
Abstrakt: An extensive study of a novel room-temperature mid-infrared Ce 3+ -doped Ge 20 Sb 10 Ga 5 Se 65 glass laser is reported. An influence of output-coupler transmission on laser efficiency and emission spectra is investigated. Pumped by a pulsed Fe:ZnSe laser at 4.1 µm, a maximum output energy of 35 mJ is demonstrated at 5.2 µm, with a laser threshold of about 60 mJ and a slope efficiency of 21%. The tuning range of a mid-infrared Ce:glass laser is reported for the first time: with an intracavity prism, the laser is continuously tunable in the spectral range of 4.5-5.6 µm. The internal losses are determined to be below 9% per roundtrip.
Databáze: MEDLINE