A Passively [Formula Omitted]-Switched, CW-Pumped Fe:ZnSe Laser

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Published in:IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics vol. 50, no. 3 (Mar 2014), p. 204
Main Author: Evans, Jonathan W.
Other Authors: Berry, Patrick A., Schepler, Kenneth L.
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
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245 1 |a A Passively [Formula Omitted]-Switched, CW-Pumped Fe:ZnSe Laser 
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513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a   We report the demonstration of high-average-power passively [Formula Omitted]-switched laser oscillation from [Formula Omitted] ions in zinc selenide. A semiconductor saturable absorber mirror was used as a passive [Formula Omitted]-switch element. Using a 60% R outcoupler, the pump-limited output power was 515 mW. The spectral center of the laser was 4045 nm. The pulse repetition frequency (PRF) at maximum power was [Formula Omitted] with a corresponding minimum pulsewidth of 64 ns Full-Width Half-Maximum. The pulse energy and peak power were [Formula Omitted] and 8.3 W, respectively. The average output power was limited only by available pump power and increased with a slope efficiency of 22%. No thermal rolloff of slope-efficiency was observed. The beam quality was measured to be [Formula Omitted]. The temporal stability of the pulsed output was characterized. Thermal effects were shown to play a significant role in determining the PRF of the output. 
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700 1 |a Schepler, Kenneth L. 
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