V. A. Akimov, A. A. Voronov, V. I. Kozlovsky, Yu. V. Korostelin, A. I. Landman, Yu. P. Podmar'kov, M. P. Frolov, “Efficient IR Fe:ZnSe laser continuously tunable in the spectral range from 3.77 to 4.40 μm”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2004, Volume 34, Number 10,Pages <nobr>912

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Lasers

Efficient IR Fe:ZnSe laser continuously tunable in the spectral range from 3.77 to 4.40 μm

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

^a Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
^b P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The lasing characteristics of a Fe:ZnSe single crystal grown from the vapour phase by the free-growth technique using the chemical transport in hydrogen are studied. A Fe²⁺:ZnSe laser cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature and pumped by 2.9364-μm radiation from an Er:YAG laser produces the 130-mJ output energy with a slope efficiency of 40% in terms of the absorbed energy, which corresponds to a quantum efficiency of 55%. The lasing spectrum in a dispersive resonator can be continuously tuned between 3.77 and 4.40 μm.

PACS: 42.55.Px, 42.60.Da

Received: 09.07.2004