Development of Eye-Safe Fiber Lasers Near 2 μm

Author

Jihong Geng ; Qing Wang ; Yinwen Lee ; Shibin Jiang

Author_Institution

AdValue Photonics, Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

20

Issue

5

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept.-Oct. 2014

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

160

Abstract

Eye-safe fiber laser sources near 2 μm have attracted a lot of interest in space, defense, medical, and industrial applications. We review our latest developments of various fiber laser sources operating near 2 μm, which include single-frequency CW lasers, wavelength-swept lasers, power-scaled nanosecond pulsed lasers, and various mode-locked lasers. Potential applications of these mid-infrared fiber laser sources are also discussed.

Keywords

fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser mode locking; reviews; defense applications; industrial applications; medical applications; midinfrared fiber laser source applications; mode-locked lasers; power-scaled nanosecond pulsed lasers; single-frequency continuous wave lasers; space applications; wavelength 2 mum; wavelength-swept lasers; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser applications; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Pump lasers; Mode-locked fiber laser; Q-switched fiber laser; Tm-Ho-codoped fiber; Tm-doped fiber; silicate glass; single-frequency fiber laser; tunable fiber laser;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2318274

Filename

6803075