Huang Wei, Zeng Tixian, Chen Baojun, Liu Xinyao, Peng Jing, He Zhiyu
College of Materials Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
College of Optoelectronic Technology, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China.
Inorg Chem. 2022 Jun 27;61(25):9776-9784. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01283. Epub 2022 Jun 13.
Mid-infrared laser in the 2-5 μm wavelength region is in the atmospheric transmission window range, and hence, it has important application prospects in the fields of optoelectronic countermeasures, space communication, environmental remote sensing, and molecular spectroscopy. One of the most promising technological approaches to achieve mid-infrared laser output is based on direct lasing of transition-metal (TM)-doped II-VI chalcogenide crystals. In this work, CdSSe and Cr:CdSSe polycrystals were synthesized by a chemical vapor synthesis method from a stoichiometric mixture of vacuum-sublimed CdS and CdSe. The structure of the synthesized products was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Using these synthesized products, CdSSe and Cr:CdSSe single crystals were grown by the physical vapor transport (PVT) method. After annealing, the band gap becomes smaller and the transmission range widens to 17 μm. The composition of the single crystals was determined by energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS) mapping and XPS, and it was found to be uniform throughout the ingot. In addition, the absorption peak maximum for the Cr ion in the Cr:CdSSe crystal is at 1.84 μm.
