Kathleen I. Schaffers

TL;DR: In this article, the upconversion luminescence efficiencies of phosphors that generate red, green, and blue light were discussed. But the main contribution is the quantitative measurement of this upcon conversion efficiency, based on the use of a calibrated integrating sphere, determination of the fraction of pump light absorbed, and careful control of the pump-laser-beam profile.

TL;DR: In this paper, transition-metal-doped zinc chalcogenide (ZnS:Cr) and ZnSe:Cr (using a MgF/sub 2/:Co/sup 2+/ laser pump source) were used for mid-infrared laser applications.

TL;DR: Room-temperature operation of an all-solid-state broadly tunable continuous-wave Cr(2+):ZnSe laser is reported, and continuous tunability from 2138 to 2760 nm is demonstrated.

TL;DR: The Mercury laser project as discussed by the authors developed key technologies within an architectural framework that demonstrates basic building blocks for scaling to larger multi-kilojoule systems for inertial fusion energy (IFE) applications.

TL;DR: A continuous-wave, room-temperature Cr(2+) ZnS laser that is compact and tunable over 700 nm that is intrinsically polarized and sensitization of the output radiation by a few milliwatts of the visible and near-infrared radiation.