Lead salt lasers: room-temperature operation and other recent developments

摘要

This paper will give a brief overview of the technology available at Laser Components and describe recent improvements in reliability and quality control. Results of recently demonstrated pulsed operation of lead salt lasers at and above room temperature will be presented. More traditional cryogenic laser operation promises to be straightforward in the future thanks to the recent development of a compact tunable IR laser source based on a lead salt laser combined with an innovative miniature Stirling cooler. This device will operate unattended and without any routine maintenance for prolonged periods and is suitable for a wide variety of laboratory and industrial applications.