Versatile Chromium-Doped Zinc Selenide Infrared Laser Sources

摘要

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.