Fabrication and power scaling of a 1.7 W Cr:ZnSe waveguide laser

被引：28

作者：

Berry, Patrick A. ^{[1
]}

Macdonald, John R. ^{[2
]}

Beecher, Stephen J. ^{[2
]}

McDaniel, Sean A. ^{[3
]}

Schepler, Kenneth L. ^{[1
]}

Kar, Ajoy K. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Air Force Res Lab, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 USA

[2] Heriot Watt Univ, Inst Photon & Quantum Sci, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, Midlothian, Scotland

[3] Sci Applicat Int Corp, Beavercreek, OH 45431 USA

来源：

OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS | 2013年 / 3卷 / 09期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

REFRACTIVE-INDEX; ZINC CHALCOGENIDES; EFFICIENT; ZNS;

D O I：

10.1364/OME.3.001250

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We report the fabrication and operation of a Cr:ZnSe buried channel waveguide laser operating at 2500 nm with a linewidth of 10 nm and a maximum power output of 1.7 W. Ultrafast laser inscription is used to fabricate the depressed cladding waveguide in a polycrystalline Cr:ZnSe sample. A thermal model is developed and predicts performance degradation at higher pump levels due to thermal quenching of the lifetime. This prediction is supported by the experimental results. (c) 2013 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：1250 / 1258

页数：9

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