Title :
Dual-wavelength S-band Tm3+:ZBLAN fibre laser with 0.6 nm wavelength spacing
Author :
Frison, B. ; Sarmani, A.R. ; Chen, Lawrence R. ; Gu, Xingfa ; Saad, Maarouf
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A dual-wavelength Tm3+:ZBLAN fibre laser operating around 1480 nm is demonstrated. A linear cascaded cavity with bidirectional upconversion pumping at 1064 nm was used; alternate single wavelength and dual-wavelength operation is achieved by simple adjustment of the pump powers. A wavelength spacing of only 0.6 nm is obtained for dual-wavelength operation.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical pumping; Tm3+; alternate single wavelength; bidirectional upconversion pumping; dual-wavelength S-band; dual-wavelength operation; fibre laser; linear cascaded cavity; pump powers; wavelength spacing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2012.3944
