Rare-Earth-Doped Selenide Glasses as Laser Materials for the 5–6 μm Spectral Range
| Autor: | Boris Denker, Peter Fjodorow, Mikhail Frolov, Boris Galagan, Vasily Koltashev, Victor Plotnichenko, Maxim Sukhanov, Sergei Sverchkov, Alexander Velmuzhov |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Photonics, Vol 10, Iss 12, p 1323 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 10121323 2304-6732 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/photonics10121323 |
| Popis: | This paper provides an overview of mid-infrared lasers based on rare-earth-ion-doped selenide glasses. Laser action was demonstrated at the transitions between the first excited and the ground levels of Ce3+, Pr3+, Nd3+ and Tb3+ ions. The highest output parameters for bulk glass lasers (over 40 mJ of output energy) and wavelength tuning in the range of 4.6–5.6 microns were obtained with Ce3+-doped glass. The highest output parameters for fiber lasers (150 mW at 5.1–5.3 μm under continuous pumping) were demonstrated with Tb3+ ions. The longest lasing wavelengths for any glass laser and tunability within the 5.56–6.01 µm spectral band were shown with Nd3+ ions in a Tb3+-Nd3+ co-doped system. |
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