Abstract
The performance of mid-infrared Er3+-doped fiber lasers has dramatically improved in the last few years. In this paper we present an overview of the progress in 3.5 μm fiber lasers based on the dual-wavelength pumping approach. The cross-section of the excited state absorption transition used by the 1973 nm second pump is found experimentally. A numerical simulation of the expected Q-switched behavior of this fiber laser is presented. This shows that increasing the power of the 977 nm pump is important to achieve high peak power pulses.
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 0900509 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Keywords
- 2.8 μm
- 3.5 μm
- dual-wavelength
- Er3+
- erbium
- fiber
- infrared
- Laser
- midinfrared
- model
- numerical
- optics
- optimization
- simulation
- ZBLAN
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Recent advances in 3.5 μm erbium-doped mid-infrared fiber lasers. / Henderson-Sapir, Ori; Malouf, Andrew; Bawden, Nathaniel; Munch, Jesper; Jackson, Stuart; Ottaway, David J.
In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Vol. 23, No. 3, 0900509, 2017, p. 1-9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Recent advances in 3.5 μm erbium-doped mid-infrared fiber lasers
AU - Henderson-Sapir, Ori
AU - Malouf, Andrew
AU - Bawden, Nathaniel
AU - Munch, Jesper
AU - Jackson, Stuart
AU - Ottaway, David J.
PY - 2017
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N2 - The performance of mid-infrared Er3+-doped fiber lasers has dramatically improved in the last few years. In this paper we present an overview of the progress in 3.5 μm fiber lasers based on the dual-wavelength pumping approach. The cross-section of the excited state absorption transition used by the 1973 nm second pump is found experimentally. A numerical simulation of the expected Q-switched behavior of this fiber laser is presented. This shows that increasing the power of the 977 nm pump is important to achieve high peak power pulses.
AB - The performance of mid-infrared Er3+-doped fiber lasers has dramatically improved in the last few years. In this paper we present an overview of the progress in 3.5 μm fiber lasers based on the dual-wavelength pumping approach. The cross-section of the excited state absorption transition used by the 1973 nm second pump is found experimentally. A numerical simulation of the expected Q-switched behavior of this fiber laser is presented. This shows that increasing the power of the 977 nm pump is important to achieve high peak power pulses.
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