• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 49, Issue 1, 0101011 (2022)
Peixiong Zhang, Zhen Li, Hao Yin, and Zhenqiang Chen*
Author Affiliations
  • Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center of Crystal and Laser Technology, Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, College of Science & Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/CJL202249.0101011 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Peixiong Zhang, Zhen Li, Hao Yin, Zhenqiang Chen. Properties of Mid-Infrared Broadband Emission Lead Fluoride Laser Crystals[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(1): 0101011 Copy Citation Text show less

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    Conclusions

    The mid-infrared tunable lasers have a wide range of applications in military, medical, biological imaging, and scientific research fields. As the core working medium of mid-infrared tunable lasers, the gain medium plays an important role. In order to solve the bottleneck problem of Er3+ , Ho3+ , and Dy3+ ion activated mid-infrared laser crystals and obtain broadband fluorescence emission in the ~3 μm band, which is beneficial to realize a broadband tunable output, this work proposes a relevant optical performance optimization control scheme. Based on the existence of coupling interaction between rare earth ion levels, three coupling schemes of Er3+ /Ho3+ /Pr3+ ∶PbF2, Yb3+ /Er3+ /Dy3+ ∶PbF2 and Yb3+ /Ho3+ /Dy3+ ∶PbF2 are proposed, and the optical properties are studied systematically. At the same time, an enhanced and widened 3 μm fluorescence emission is obtained, indicating that these kinds of crystals are expected to be gain materials for broadband tunable lasers.

    Peixiong Zhang, Zhen Li, Hao Yin, Zhenqiang Chen. Properties of Mid-Infrared Broadband Emission Lead Fluoride Laser Crystals[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2022, 49(1): 0101011
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