Title
Vapor Deposited Cr-doped ZnS Thin Films: Towards Optically Pumped Mid-Infrared Waveguide Lasers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Title
Optical Materials Express
Department
Department of Chemistry
Abstract
Compact, affordable mid-IR lasers require the development of gain materials in waveguide form. We report on the high vacuum deposition of Cr:ZnS films with concentration ranging from 1018-1020 dopants/cm3 . At low concentrations, films display well-isolated absorption associated with substitutional Cr2+ ions in the lattice. Spatial modulation of the dopant concentration suppresses the absorption associated with this substitution. Lateral crystallite sizes less than 30 nm are associated with the lowest substrate temperatures (<50 °C) used during deposition, and waveguide losses as low as 8dB/cm are observed. These materials are promising candidates as gain media for fabrication of waveguide mid-IR lasers.
DOI
10.1364/OME.6.002947
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Karhu, Eric A.; Ildstad, Charles R.; Poggio, Stefano; Furtula, Vedran; Tolstik, Nikolai; Sorokina, Irina T.; Belbruno, Joseph J.; and Gibson, Ursula J., "Vapor Deposited Cr-doped ZnS Thin Films: Towards Optically Pumped Mid-Infrared Waveguide Lasers" (2016). Dartmouth Scholarship. 3532.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/3532