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Optimization of a Cr:ZnSe laser with a z-fold cavity

Martynova, O.V., Kurashkin, S.V., Zinoviev, A.P., Savikin, A.P.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Мартынова О.В., Курашкин С.В., Зиновьев А.П., Савикин А.П. Оптимизация Cr:ZnSe-лазера c z-образным резонатором // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 10. С. 19–24.

Martynova O.V., Kurashkin S.V., Zinoviev A.P., Savikin A.P. Optimization of a Cr:ZnSe laser with a z-fold cavity [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 10. P. 19–24.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

O. V. Martynova, S. V. Kurashkin, A. P. Zinoviev, and A. P. Savikin, "Optimization of a Cr:ZnSe laser with a z-fold cavity," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(10), 664-668 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000664

Abstract:

We have performed an experimental study of the lasing properties of a Cr²⁺:ZnSe laser with a four-mirror z-shaped cavity pumped by a thulium fiber-optic CW laser. The laser output power was determined as a function of the optical path deviation angles, the distance between the spherical mirrors, and the total cavity length. We compared the data obtained against the results of cavity stability modeling.

Keywords:

mid-infrared laser sources, optical resonator, z-fold cavity, chalcogenides, Cr:ZnSe, matrix optics method

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) (15-13-10028, 14-12-00510).

OCIS codes: 140.3410, 140.4780, 140.3070, 140.3580

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