Q-switched and gain-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 360–515 µm

doi:10.1364/OE.27.013934

Title: Q-switched and gain-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 360–515 µm

Abstract

We report on room temperature gain-switched and Q-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 3.60–5.15 µm pumped by radiation of an 2.94 µm Er:YAG laser. The maximum output energy was measured to be 5 mJ under 15 mJ of pump energy in gain-switched regime. We also demonstrated a mechanically Q-switched regime of oscillation of Fe:ZnSe lasers. This approach could be attractive for the development of high-energy short-pulse solid-state mid-IR systems operating over 3.6–5.2 µm spectral range.

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; Karki, Krishna;

Publication Date:: 2019-04-30

Research Org.:: Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham, AL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

OSTI Identifier:: 1509939

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1612962

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018378

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Optics Express

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Volume: 27 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Optics

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                    Fedorov, Vladimir, Martyshkin, Dmitry, Karki, Krishna, and Mirov, Sergey. Q-switched and gain-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 360–515 µm.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Fedorov, Vladimir, Martyshkin, Dmitry, Karki, Krishna, & Mirov, Sergey. Q-switched and gain-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 360–515 µm.  United States.  doi:10.1364/OE.27.013934.

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                    Fedorov, Vladimir, Martyshkin, Dmitry, Karki, Krishna, and Mirov, Sergey. Tue .  
        "Q-switched and gain-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 360–515 µm".  United States.  doi:10.1364/OE.27.013934.

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@article{osti_1509939,

  title        = {Q-switched and gain-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 360–515 µm},

  author       = {Fedorov, Vladimir and Martyshkin, Dmitry and Karki, Krishna and Mirov, Sergey},

  abstractNote = {We report on room temperature gain-switched and Q-switched Fe:ZnSe lasers tunable over 3.60–5.15 µm pumped by radiation of an 2.94 µm Er:YAG laser. The maximum output energy was measured to be 5 mJ under 15 mJ of pump energy in gain-switched regime. We also demonstrated a mechanically Q-switched regime of oscillation of Fe:ZnSe lasers. This approach could be attractive for the development of high-energy short-pulse solid-state mid-IR systems operating over 3.6–5.2 µm spectral range.},

  doi          = {10.1364/OE.27.013934},

  journal      = {Optics Express},

  number       = 10,

  volume       = 27,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

  month        = {4}

}

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