• DocumentCode
    444452
  • Title

    Wide tuning characteristics and passive mode-locking of a Ce3+-Er3+-ZBLAN fiber laser

  • Author

    Sakimura, T. ; Nagaoka, S. ; Igashihata, M.H. ; Okada, T. ; Vasa, N.J. ; Kubota, Y. ; Nishimura, N. ; Teshima, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1343
  • Abstract
    Wide tuning over 120 nm and passive mode locking of a Ce3+-Er3+-ZBLAN fiber laser by a semiconductor saturable-absorber is described for the first time. A Q-switched mode-locked output was obtained with 400 MHz repetition rate.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; aluminium compounds; barium compounds; cerium; erbium; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; laser mode locking; laser tuning; optical saturable absorption; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; Ce3+-Er3+-ZBLAN fiber laser; Q-switched mode-locked output; ZBLAN:Ce3+-Er3+; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Ce-Er; laser tuning characteristics; passive mode-locking; semiconductor saturable-absorber; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser feedback; Laser mode locking; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1549126
  • Filename
    1549126