TY - GEN
T1 - Advances in mid-infrared fiber lasers
AU - Pollnau, Markus
AU - Jackson, Stuart D.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The current state of the art in mid-infrared fiber laser research is reviewed. The relevant glass and ceramic fiber host materials and the fiber, pump, and resonator geometries are introduced. Lasers operating on transitions ranging from 1.9 to 4 μm occurring in the rare-earth ions Tm³⁺, Ho³⁺, Er³⁺, and Dy³⁺ and their population mechanisms are discussed on the basis of the fundamental spectroscopic properties of these ions. Continuous-wave fundamental-mode power levels ranging from a few mW near 4 μm up to 85Wnear 2μm have been demonstrated in recent years. Power-scaling methods and their limitations, the possibilities to optimize the population mechanisms and increase the efficiencies of these lasers, novel concepts, as well as the prospects of future mid-infrared fiber lasers at transitions in the wavelength range beyond 3 μm and extending to 5 μm are described.
AB - The current state of the art in mid-infrared fiber laser research is reviewed. The relevant glass and ceramic fiber host materials and the fiber, pump, and resonator geometries are introduced. Lasers operating on transitions ranging from 1.9 to 4 μm occurring in the rare-earth ions Tm³⁺, Ho³⁺, Er³⁺, and Dy³⁺ and their population mechanisms are discussed on the basis of the fundamental spectroscopic properties of these ions. Continuous-wave fundamental-mode power levels ranging from a few mW near 4 μm up to 85Wnear 2μm have been demonstrated in recent years. Power-scaling methods and their limitations, the possibilities to optimize the population mechanisms and increase the efficiencies of these lasers, novel concepts, as well as the prospects of future mid-infrared fiber lasers at transitions in the wavelength range beyond 3 μm and extending to 5 μm are described.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77949426577&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0-9
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0-9
M3 - Conference proceeding contribution
AN - SCOPUS:63149106868
SN - 9781402064395
T3 - NATO science for peace and security series. Series B, Physics and biophysics
SP - 315
EP - 346
BT - Mid-infrared coherent sources and applications
A2 - Ebrahim-Zadeh, Majid
A2 - Sorokina, Irina T.
PB - Springer, Springer Nature
CY - Heidelberg
T2 - NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Middle Infrared Coherent Sources
Y2 - 6 November 2005 through 11 November 2005
ER -