• DocumentCode
    3012957
  • Title

    Tm:ZBLAN Fiber Lasers and their Use for Gain-Switched Cr2+:ZnSe Lasers

  • Author

    Eichhorn, Marc

  • Author_Institution
    French-German Res. Inst. of St.-Louis, Saint Louis
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Highly efficient cw (49 % opt.-opt., 20 W) and Q-switched (9 W average) Tm:ZBLAN fiber lasers are reported. Used for pumping Cr2+:ZnSe, 65 ns gain-switched pulses were achieved around 2.3 mum (1 W average).
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; aluminium compounds; barium compounds; chromium; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; optical pumping; sodium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; zinc compounds; zirconium compounds; Q-switched laser; Tm:ZBLAN fiber laser; ZBLAN:Tm; ZnSe:Cr2+; gain-switched laser; laser pumping; time 65 ns; Chromium; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power generation; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453048
  • Filename
    4453048
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3012957