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Lasers. Amplifiers

A continuous-wave Fe²⁺:ZnSe laser

A. A. Voronov^a, V. I. Kozlovsky^b, Yu. V. Korostelin^b, A. I. Landman^b, Yu. P. Podmar'kov^b, Ya. K. Skasyrsky^b, M. P. Frolov^b

^a Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow region
^b P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: A continuous-wave oscillation is obtained for the first time in a Fe²⁺:ZnSe laser. The laser wavelength was in the range from 4.04 to 4.08 μm. A liquid-nitrogen-cooled active element was pumped by a Cr²⁺:CdSe laser at 2.97 μm. The maximum output power of the laser was 160 mW with the 56% slope efficiency. The minimum absorbed pump power threshold was 18 mW. The intrinsic losses in the Fe²⁺:ZnSe crystal did not exceed 0.024 cm^-1 during lasing.

PACS: 42.55.Px, 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Lh

Received: 21.02.2008