Title :
Dual-wavelength lasing around 800 nm in a Tm:ZBLAN fibre laser
Author :
Frison, B. ; Sarmani, A.R. ; Chen, L.R. ; Gu, Xingfa ; Thomas, S. ; Long, P. ; Saad, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We demonstrate dual wavelength operation, wavelength switching, and bistable behaviour in a Tm:ZBLAN fibre laser operating at 800 nm. The lasers are built in both single and cascaded-cavity configurations.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; laser cavity resonators; zirconium compounds; ZrF4BaF2LaF3NaF3:Tm; cascaded cavity configurations; dual wavelength lasing; fibre laser; single cavity configurations; wavelength 800 nm; wavelength switching; Cavity resonators; Fiber gratings; Power generation; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358798