Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Turner, Eric J
• McDaniel, Sean A
• Tabiryan, Nelson
• Cook, Gary

Titel

Rapidly tunable HIP treated Cr:ZnSe narrow-linewidth laser

Ist Teil von

• Optics express, 2019-04, Vol.27 (9), p.12282-12288

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A narrow - linewidth, hot isostatic treated Cr:ZnSe laser was non - mechanically tuned over a total wavelength range of 195 nm by a novel organic liquid crystal etalon. The narrow - linewidth laser was continuously tuned by applying a 1 kHz square wave signal of 1 - 5 V to the intracavity 9 THz nominal free spectral range liquid crystal etalon. The maximum and minimum lasing wavelengths were 2650 nm and 2455 nm, respectively, and a maximum average output power of 475 mW was recorded at 2503 nm. This work demonstrated continuous tuning, while maintaining an intrinsic narrow-linewidth ≤ 900 MHz. The results presented in this work are attributed to the low insertion loss of the liquid crystal etalon at ≤ 5%. It is believed that this is the first demonstration of purely electronic tuning of a mid-IR laser by an organic liquid crystal etalon.