Title :
Experimental and Numerical Investigations on Q-Switched Laser-Seeded Fiber MOPA at 2.8 μm
Author :
Gongwen Zhu ; Xiushan Zhu ; Norwood, Robert A. ; Peyghambarian, N.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
An Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber amplifier for Q-switched pulses at 2.79 μm is reported. Over 24 μJ of pulse energy at an average output power of 1.0 W was achieved at a maximum available pump power of 9.4 W. The efficiency of this pulsed laser fiber amplifier is about 10%. Our simulation predicts that over 300-μJ pulses can be achieved with this fiber amplifier when a 120-W pump is used.
Keywords :
Q-switching; aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; lanthanum compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; Er-doped ZBLAN fiber amplifier; Q-switched laser-seeded fiber MOPA; Q-switched pulses; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Er; energy 300 muJ; output power; power 1.0 W; power 120 W; power 9.4 W; pulse energy; pulsed laser fiber amplifier efficiency; pump power; wavelength 2.8 mum; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Pump lasers; Erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber amplifiers; Q-switched laser; erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber amplifiers; mid-infrared laser;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2014.2361672
