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Energy and spectral–temporal characteristics of a Fe:ZnSe laser on heavily doped single crystals

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Energy and spectral–temporal characteristics of lasers on heavily doped single crystals Fe:ZnSe are studied. With the cavity formed by faces of the crystal at a bivalent iron concentration of 2.8 × 1019 cm−3, the slope and total laser efficiencies with respect to the absorbed energy were 53% and ≈ 42%, respectively. Laser spectra with the cavity free of air and elements capable of forming Fabry–Perot interferometers were recorded using a monochromator with an HPL-256-500 (HEIMANN Sensor) pyroelectric line photodetector. The spectra have a periodical structure with the period of about ≈ 4 cm−1. A similar periodical structure was observed in other cavity types with active elements differing in thickness, production technology, and even crystal material (Fe:ZnSe, Fe:ZnS). Presently, we have no adequate explanation for such a periodical structure. A simple method is suggested for obtaining nanosecond radiation pulses in the spectral range of 4–5 µm based on heavily doped Fe:ZnSe single crystals.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Grant No. 19-13-00205 (development of the technique for creating Fe:ZnSe samples and preparation of active elements for experiments), as well as by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project No. 18-08-00793 (experimental study of laser characteristics).

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    V. A. Antonov & N. V. Zhavoronkov

  2. A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of RAS, 38 Vavilov Str., 119991, Moscow, Russia

    K. N. Firsov, I. G. Kononov, S. V. Podlesnykh & A. A. Sirotkin

  3. G.G. Devyatykh Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances of RAS, 49 Troponina St., 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    E. M. Gavrishchuk & S. V. Kurashkin

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Antonov, V.A., Firsov, K.N., Gavrishchuk, E.M. et al. Energy and spectral–temporal characteristics of a Fe:ZnSe laser on heavily doped single crystals. Appl. Phys. B 126, 179 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-020-07528-y

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