V. A. Akimov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar'kov, Ya. K. Skasyrsky, M. P. Frolov, “A Cr<sup>2+</sup>:CdS laser tunable between 2.2 and 3.3 μm”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2008, Volume 38, Number 9,Pages <nobr>803

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A Cr²⁺:CdS laser tunable between 2.2 and 3.3 μm

V. A. Akimov^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: Lasing in a Cr²⁺:CdS crystal is demonstrated for the first time. The output power of a Cr²⁺:CdS laser pumped by a pulsed Tm:YAP laser at 1.94 μm achieved 4 mJ and the slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump energy was 39%. The continuous tuning was obtained from 2.2 to 3.3 μm in the laser with a dispersion prism resonator.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Lh, 42.62.Fi

Received: 19.08.2008