Eyesafe laser system using transition metal-doped group II-VI se

Details Eyesafe laser system using transition metal-doped group II-VI se Eyesafe laser system using transition metal-doped group II-VI se

1997-01-24

1998-11-03

Bovernick, Rodney B.

Coherent light generators

Particular beam control device

Q-switch

H01S 3113

Patent

active

058320083

ABSTRACT:
An eyesafe laser system includes a Q-switch crystal formed of a semiconductor host material having noncentrosymmetric tetrahedral substitutional sites doped with transition metal ions in concentrations from about 0.001 to about 0.10 atomic percent, which functions as to be a saturable absorber of light at eyesafe wavelengths with a relatively long relaxation lifetime. Co.sup.2+ :ZnSe has been demonstrated to have advantageously high absorption cross section and advantageously high relaxation lifetime at both 1.54 .mu.m (Er:glass laser) and 1.6 .mu.m (Er:YAG laser). Other candidate host materials include other zinc chalcogenides, cadmium chalcogenides and zinc oxide. The resultant Q-switch does not require additional focusing optics inside the cavity and has a saturation fluence which is approximately one order of magnitude less than other state of the art saturable absorbers in the "eyesafe" wavelength region, thereby permitting substantially faster Q-switch bleaching, lower thermal loads, and less potential for damage than was hitherto possible.

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patent: 4723248 (1988-02-01), Harter et al.
patent: 5388114 (1995-02-01), Zarrabi et al.
patent: 5394413 (1995-02-01), Zayhowski

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