Sorokin E, Klimentov D, Frolov M P, Korostelin Yu V, Kozlovsky V I, Podmar'kov Yu P, Skasyrsky Ya K, Sorokina I T
Institut für Photonik, TU Wien, Gusshausstrasse 27/387, 1040 Vienna, Austria.
Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
Appl Phys B. 2014;117(4):1009-1014. doi: 10.1007/s00340-014-5921-z. Epub 2014 Sep 14.
We report spectroscopic characteristics and laser properties of the mid-infrared active laser medium Cr:CdS. Temperature-dependent absorption, luminescence and lifetime measurements of the E exited state allow determination of peak emission cross section value of 1.35 × 10 cm in -polarization at room temperature. Lifetime values vary from 7.6 µs at 8 K to 0.48 µs at 320 K, corresponding to 22 % quantum yield at 285 K. Under Tm-fiber laser pumping, the continuous-wave output reached 1.8 W at 2.5 μm with 35.5 % slope efficiency. With a single CaF prism, the CW Cr:CdS laser could be tuned from 2.240 to 3.285 µm.