Burst pulse generation in Cr:ZnSe laser with mid-infrared tunability

Yusuke Okabayashi; Yasuhiro Tomihari; Masaki Yumoto; Shinichi Imai

doi:10.1117/1.OE.61.3.036105

8 March 2022 Burst pulse generation in Cr:ZnSe laser with mid-infrared tunability

Yusuke Okabayashi, Yasuhiro Tomihari, Masaki Yumoto, Shinichi Imai

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 61, Issue 3, 036105 (March 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.61.3.036105

Abstract

We demonstrated a nanosecond pulsed Cr:ZnSe laser with both wavelength tunability and burst pulse operation in the mid-infrared (IR) region. The burst pulse operation of the Cr:ZnSe laser was achieved using a pulse-on-demand Tm:YAG laser as a pump source. The number of pulse shots and the repetition rate in a packet were controlled. A tuning range of 2.32 to 2.56 μm was also achieved using a birefringent filter. Our results show that the pulse-on-demand Tm:YAG laser is an attractive pump source for the burst-pulse-operated Cr:ZnSe laser, which paves the way for various mid-IR laser applications.

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Yusuke Okabayashi, Yasuhiro Tomihari, Masaki Yumoto, and Shinichi Imai "Burst pulse generation in Cr:ZnSe laser with mid-infrared tunability," Optical Engineering 61(3), 036105 (8 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.61.3.036105

Received: 25 November 2021; Accepted: 18 February 2022; Published: 8 March 2022

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