DocumentCode :
1466192
Title :
Mode-Locked Tm–Ho-Codoped Fiber Laser at 2.06 
m
Author :
Wang, Qing ; Geng, Jihong ; Jiang, Zhuo ; Luo, Tao ; Jiang, Shibin
Author_Institution :
AdValue Photonics Inc., Tucson, AZ, USA
Volume :
23
Issue :
11
fYear :
2011
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
682
Lastpage :
684
Abstract :
A mode-locked Tm-Ho-codoped fiber laser is reported, which is the first demonstration of a mode-locked fiber laser oscillator at the wavelength beyond 2 μm . The laser was built with a piece of newly developed Tm-Ho-codoped dc silicate fiber and a Sb-based semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). When cladding pumped with a laser diode at 0.8 μm, the fiber laser generates mode-locked solitons at 2.06 μm with a pulse energy of 0.41 nJ and pulse duration of 1.1 ps.
Keywords :
doping; fibre lasers; holmium; laser mirrors; laser mode locking; optical fibre cladding; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; optical solitons; thulium; SESAM; cladding pumping; codoped fiber laser; energy 0.41 nJ; fiber laser oscillator; laser diode; mode locking; pulse duration; pulse energy; semiconductor saturable absorber mirror; silicate fiber; solitons; time 1.1 ps; wavelength 0.8 mum; wavelength 2.06 mum; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical fiber dispersion; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Midinfrared; mode-locking; saturable absorber;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2011.2123880
Filename :
5725162
Link To Document :
