• DocumentCode
    1677086
  • Title

    Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser Q-switched by Fe:ZnSe

  • Author

    Wei, Chen ; Zhu, Xiushan ; Norwood, Robert A. ; Peyghambarian, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A highly erbium ion-doped ZBLAN fiber laser passively Q-switched by a Fe:ZnSe crystal is reported. Mid-infrared pulses at 2.78 μm with a repetition rate of 70.4 kHz and a pulse duration of 5.8 μs were generated.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; erbium; fibre lasers; iron; zinc compounds; Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser; Q-switched laser; ZnSe:Fe; frequency 70.4 kHz; midinfrared pulses; pulse duration; time 5.8 mus; wavelength 2.78 mum; Crystals; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326544