Yu P Podmar'kov

Tunable single-frequency CW Cr2+:CdSe laser

Continuous tuning of the lasing wavelength from 2350 to 3450 nm in the cw Cr2+:CdSe laser is demonstrated. It is shown that the laser efficiently operates at a wavelength of 3.28 µm, which is promising for the methane optical frequency standard. The single-frequency mode of the laser with a lasing linewidth not exceeding 60 MHz is implemented in this spectral range.

Passive Q-switching of the diode-pumped Er:YAG laser cavity with the Q-switch based on the Fe2+:ZnSe crystal

Repetitive-pulse generation of the diode-pumped Er:YAG laser (λ = 2.94 µm) in the free mode and in the mode of cavity passive Q-switching was achieved using a Q-switch based on the Fe2+:ZnSe crystal. When using pump pulses 3 ms long, the pulse-average output power of the Er:YAG laser in the free generation mode was 0.5W. In the passive Q-switching mode, giant pulses 180 ns long with an energy of 3 µJ were obtained.

Diode array-pumped mid-infrared cw Cr2+:CdSe laser

The operation of a room-temperature, solid-state, Cr-doped CdSe continuous-wave laser is demonstrated. Longitudinal pumping with a continuous-wave diode laser array at 1.94 µm produced a broadband output of 200 mW at 2.6 µm with an incident power slope efficiency of 6.4%.

Features of kinetic processes in the active medium of a pulsed chemical oxygen-iodine laser

ConclusionIt can be concluded from our experiments and calculations that the product CF3O2 of the interaction between the CF3 radical and the O2 molecule quenches the oxygen O2(1Δ) more strongly. At low chlorine admixture density in the singlet-oxygen stream this output energy of the oxygen-iodine laser with CF3I as the atomic iodine donor is lower compared with CH3I. The rate constant of quenching singlet oxygen by CF3O2 molecules is (3–5)·10−11 cm3·sec−1. It would be possible to decrease the influence of CF3O2 by adding to the initial O2*−O2−CF3I−Ar active mixture some other substance causing the CF3 radicals to enter in a chemical reaction with a shorter characteristic time than that for CF3O2 formation. Of course, neither the initial substance nor the reaction products should quench O2* noticeably. This role can be possibly assumed by the NO molecule.The influence of the chlorine additive on the output energy of a laser with CH3I and CF3I differs greatly. The choice of the chlorine donor must therefore be determined by the amount of this additive. CH3I is preferable if the chlorine is fully utilized in the singlet-oxygen laser, and CF3I in the opposite case.

2.92 μm Cr 2+ :CdSe single crystal laser pumped by repetitively-pulsed Tm 3+ :Lu 2 O 3 ceramics lasers

Laser oscillator based on Cr²⁺:CdSe single crystal pumped by radiation of Tm³⁺:Lu₂O₃-ceramic laser was created and investigated. Repetitively-pulsed oscillations at the wavelength of 2.92 μm with bandwidth of 80 nm were demonstrated. The output power was up to 3W at 15-30 kHz repetition rate with the pulse duration of ~40-300 ns in the good-quality beam.

Efficient 10-J pulsed Fe:ZnSe laser at 4100 nm

Energies of over 10 J and efficiencies of over 44% have been demonstrated in single-shot operation of liquid nitrogen cooled single-crystalline Fe:ZnSe laser at 4100-nm wavelength.

Study of the formation of a microrelief on ZnSe- and CdSe-crystal surfaces ablated by excimer KrF-laser radiaton

One-dimensional gratings with a period of are formed on the surfaces of CdSe and ZnSe crystals ablated by two interfering radiation beams of a nanosecond excimer KrF laser. Investigated are the dependences of the shape and depth of gratings on the energy density under irradiation by a single pulse, and on the number of pulses at a given energy density. The maximum grating depth is estimated as of the period. By forming a one-dimensional grating with a period of and a depth of on the CdSe-crystal surface, this surface becomes antireflective at a wavelength of . The surface reflectivity is reduced by 88 %. A possibility of forming two-dimensional gratings having periods of 1 and is demonstrated.

CW Cr2+:CdSe laser pumped by semiconductor disk laser

An output power of 0.85 W with a differential efficiency with respect to absorbed pump power of 55.4% is achieved for a Cr2+:CdSe laser with a wavelength of 2.6 µm under optical pumping with a semiconductor disk laser with a wavelength of 1.98 µm.

Selection of a Master-Oscillator Scheme for a Chemical IR-Initiated Laser

The results of experimental and theoretical studies of operation regimes of a pulsed chemical D2–F2–CO2 UV initiated laser are presented. The influence of particular mixture components, the power of the UV radiation source, and the resonators characteristics on the output radiation parameters are experimentally studied on the “Kaiman” setup. The results of theoretical simulation obtained using the proposed scheme correspond sufficiently to those obtained experimentally. A description is given of the pulsed D2–F2–CO2 UV initiated laser “Flash-1” that provides for radiation pulses of 18 J with a 2.6–3.5 μs duration in the 10-micron range. A detailed description is given of the precision diagnostics of dark reactions occurring during the mixture preparations and affecting the efficiency of energy extraction in the course of generation.