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
fDate :
4/27/2000 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000594
