Title :
Widely tunable Ce/sup 3+/-Er/sup 3+/--ZBLAN fiber laser under 975-nm pumping
Author :
Nagaoka, S. ; Nagamatsu, K. ; Higashihata, M. ; Okada, T. ; Vasa, Nilesh J. ; Kubota, Y. ; Nishimura, N. ; Teshima, T.
Author_Institution :
Grauduate Sch. of Information anf Sci. & Electr. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
A widely tunable Ce/sup 3+/-/sup Er3+/-ZBLAN fiber laser with 975-nm pumping is demonstrated. Tunable range between 1495 and 1605 nm is attained, which can be expanded further by optimizing wavelength-dependent reflectivity of the cavity mirror.
Keywords :
cerium; erbium; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical pumping; reflectivity; 1495 to 1605 nm; 975 nm; ZBLAN:Ce/sup 3+/, Er/sup 3+/; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Ce,Er; cavity mirror; tunable Ce/sup 3+/-Er/sup 3+/--ZBLAN fiber laser; wavelength-dependent reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
