Title :
Tm:ZBLAN Fiber Lasers and their Use for Gain-Switched Cr2+:ZnSe Lasers
Author_Institution :
French-German Res. Inst. of St.-Louis, Saint Louis
Abstract :
Highly efficient cw (49 % opt.-opt., 20 W) and Q-switched (9 W average) Tm:ZBLAN fiber lasers are reported. Used for pumping Cr2+:ZnSe, 65 ns gain-switched pulses were achieved around 2.3 mum (1 W average).
Keywords :
Q-switching; aluminium compounds; barium compounds; chromium; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; optical pumping; sodium compounds; solid lasers; thulium; zinc compounds; zirconium compounds; Q-switched laser; Tm:ZBLAN fiber laser; ZBLAN:Tm; ZnSe:Cr2+; gain-switched laser; laser pumping; time 65 ns; Chromium; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Power generation; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453048