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Recent Progress in the Development of (F2 +) A Color Center Lasers

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We review our recent work on the development of color-center lasers based on lithium-(F2 +)A centers in KI and RbI crystals. These laser materials have received considerable attention in recent years since they should provide broadly-tunable laser action at wavelengths longer than 3 μm [1,2]. We describe three significant advances that include: (1) the attainment of tunable laser action using electron-beam colored RbI, (2) the production of (F2 +)A centers in stable, additively-colored KI:Li crystals and (3) the application of a two-step photoionization technique to achieve high concentrations of (F2 +)A centers in both materials.

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  1. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, 20375, USA

    D. R. Foster & I. Schneider

  2. Sachs/Freeman Associates, Landover, Md., 20785, USA

    D. R. Foster

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  1. Electronics Division, Northrop Corp., P.O. Box 5032, 90250, Hawthorne, CA, USA

    Aaron B. Budgor

  2. Naval Research Lab., Code 6550, 20375, Washington, DC, USA

    Leon Esterowitz

  3. Spectra Technology, Inc., 2755 Northup Way, 98004, Bellevue, WA, USA

    Larry G. DeShazer

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Foster, D.R., Schneider, I. (1986). Recent Progress in the Development of (F2 +) A Color Center Lasers. In: Budgor, A.B., Esterowitz, L., DeShazer, L.G. (eds) Tunable Solid-State Lasers II. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47433-3_37

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