Resonantly pumped Ce3+ mid-infrared lasing in selenide glass

B I Denker; B I Galagan; S E Sverchkov; V V Koltashev; V G Plotnichenko; M V Sukhanov; A P Velmuzhov; M P Frolov; Yu V Korostelin; V I Kozlovsky; S O Leonov; P Fjodorow; Ya K Skasyrsky

doi:10.1364/OL.431938

Resonantly pumped Ce³⁺ mid-infrared lasing in selenide glass

Opt Lett. 2021 Aug 15;46(16):4002-4004. doi: 10.1364/OL.431938.

Authors

B I Denker, B I Galagan, S E Sverchkov, V V Koltashev, V G Plotnichenko, M V Sukhanov, A P Velmuzhov, M P Frolov, Yu V Korostelin, V I Kozlovsky, S O Leonov, P Fjodorow, Ya K Skasyrsky

PMID: 34388796
DOI: 10.1364/OL.431938

Abstract

In high purity Ce³⁺-doped selenide glass pumped by a 4.08 µm Fe:ZnSe laser, 5.1-5.5 µm laser oscillations were observed. This is the first evidence of laser action corresponding to the ²F_7/2→²F_5/2 transition of Ce³⁺ ions.