Versatile Chromium-Doped Zinc Selenide Infrared Laser Sources

Abstract

This work presents research into the nature and mitigation of these critical thermal issues in development of versatile Cr2+:ZnSe laser sources. Advanced models for thermal and laser performance are developed and used to design optimally configured laser systems. Among other advances for this material, > 10 W CW output from a Cr2+:ZnSe oscillator and master-oscillator/power amplifier systems producing multi-watt, widely tunable power levels are demonstrated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA526209

Entities

People

  • Patrick A Berry

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplifiers
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Detectors
  • Infrared Countermeasures
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Power Amplifiers
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Transition Metals

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy