Title :
Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser Q-switched by Fe:ZnSe
Author :
Wei, Chen ; Zhu, Xiushan ; Norwood, Robert A. ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
A highly erbium ion-doped ZBLAN fiber laser passively Q-switched by a Fe:ZnSe crystal is reported. Mid-infrared pulses at 2.78 μm with a repetition rate of 70.4 kHz and a pulse duration of 5.8 μs were generated.
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; fibre lasers; iron; zinc compounds; Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser; Q-switched laser; ZnSe:Fe; frequency 70.4 kHz; midinfrared pulses; pulse duration; time 5.8 mus; wavelength 2.78 mum; Crystals; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
