Fiber laser pumped tunable Cr2+:ZnSe laser

Mathieu Drolet; Bruno Labranche; Dany Lemieux; Pierre Laperle; Daniel Cantin; Yves Taillon; Dina Lozofsky; Kennedy Nyairo

doi:10.1117/12.707682

8 September 2006 Fiber laser pumped tunable Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser

Mathieu Drolet, Bruno Labranche, Dany Lemieux, Pierre Laperle, Daniel Cantin, Yves Taillon, Dina Lozofsky, Kennedy Nyairo

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Proceedings Volume 6343, Photonics North 2006; 634311 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.707682
Event: Photonics North 2006, 2006, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

A 2.4 μm room-temperature continuous-wave Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser pumped by a Thulium Fiber Laser is experimentally investigated. The laser delivers up to 720 mW of output power with absorbed power slope efficiency of 52%. The laser is tunable from 2294 to 2678 nm. Gain-switching is also demonstrated by using a Pulsed Erbium Fiber Laser pump source. A maximum pulse energy of 0.36 μJ is achieved with an absorbed threshold of 0.28 μJ and an absorbed power slope efficiency of 41%.

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Mathieu Drolet, Bruno Labranche, Dany Lemieux, Pierre Laperle, Daniel Cantin, Yves Taillon, Dina Lozofsky, and Kennedy Nyairo "Fiber laser pumped tunable Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser", Proc. SPIE 6343, Photonics North 2006, 634311 (8 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.707682

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