Mid-infrared fluoride fiber lasers in multiple cascade operation

Author

Schneider, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany

Volume

7

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

4/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

354

Lastpage

356

Abstract

CW fiber laser cascades in an Er/sup 3+/-doped fluorozirconate fiber operating simultaneously at 2.7 μm/1.55 μm or at 3.45 μm/2.7 μm/1.55 μm pumped around 650 nm are reported. Output powers of nearly 20 mW at 1.55 μm and 1.2 mW around 2.7 μm were obtained with a nonoptimized experimental setup for the 2.7 μm/1.55 μm cascade. At 1.55 μm a laser efficiency of 5% was achieved. By varying the parameters of the experimental setup, additional effective simultaneous laser action at 3.45 μm was demonstrated.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; infrared sources; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; 1.55 mum; 2.7 mum; 20 mW; 3.45 mum; 5 percent; 650 nm; CW fiber laser cascades; Er/sup 3+/-doped fluorozirconate fiber; ZBLAN:Er; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Er; effective simultaneous laser action; laser efficiency; mid-infrared fluoride fiber lasers; multiple cascade operation; nonoptimized experimental setup; output powers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Mirrors; Optical fiber couplers; Power generation; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.376800

Filename

376800