• DocumentCode
    1339708
  • Title

    `Field-usable´ diode-pumped ~120 nm wavelength-tunable CW mid-IR fibre laser

  • Author

    Libatique, N.J.C. ; Tafoya, J. ; Viswanathan, N.K. ; Jain, R.K. ; Cable, A.

  • Author_Institution
    New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    4/27/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    791
  • Lastpage
    792
  • Abstract
    The authors report continuously tunable (2.71 μm-2.83 μm) operation of a diode-pumped mid-IR Er-doped ZBLAN fibre laser, with output powers >1 mW over the entire 120 nm tuning range and >5 mW over 56 nm (2.78 μm to 2.83 μm) of this range
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; laser beams; laser tuning; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; 1 mW; 2.71 to 2.83 mum; 2.78 to 2.83 mum; 5 mW; Er-doped ZBLAN fibre laser; ZBLAN:Er; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Er; continuously tunable operation; diode-pumped mid-IR laser; field-usable diode-pumped laser; mid-IR fibre laser; output powers; tuning range; wavelength-tunable CW mid-IR fibre laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000594
  • Filename
    843774