Title :
Performance of tunable Ce/sup 3+/:Er/sup 3+/:ZBLAN fiber laser around 1.55 /spl mu/m
Author :
Meng, Z. ; Fukue, K. ; Higashihata, M. ; Nakata, Y. ; Okada, T. ; Kubota, Y. ; Nishimura, N. ; Teshima, T.
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
Fiber laser operation at 1.55 /spl mu/m band was first time realized in a Ce/sup 3+/:Er/sup 3+/:ZBLAN multimode fiber by cw LD pumping at 980 nm. The performance of wavelength tunable fluoride fiber laser around 1.55 /spl mu/m has been achieved.
Keywords :
cerium; erbium; fibre lasers; fluorescence; laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; 1.55 micron; CW LD pumping; Ce/sup 3+/,Er/sup 3+/:ZBLAN multimode fiber; WDM systems; ZBLAN:Ce,Er; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Ce,Er; continuous tunability; energy level diagrams; fluoride glasses; low noise device; quantum yield; time-resolved fluorescence; tunable fiber laser; wavelength tunable laser; Doping; Energy states; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Fluorescence; Glass; Laser excitation; Pump lasers; Stationary state; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.971040
