Passively continuous-wave mode-locked Er3+-doped ZBLAN fiber laser at 2.8 μm

Chen Wei; Xiushan Zhu; R. A. Norwood; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1364/OL.37.003849

Passively continuous-wave mode-locked Er³⁺-doped ZBLAN fiber laser at 2.8 μm

Chen Wei, Xiushan Zhu, R. A. Norwood, N. Peyghambarian

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An Er³⁺-doped ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF (ZBLAN) fiber laser was passively mode-locked by inserting a Fe²⁺:ZnSe crystal into the free space part of the cavity. Continuous-wave mode-locked pulses at 2.8 μmwith a pulse duration of 19 ps estimated from the spectral bandwidth and an average power of 51 mW were generated when a collimated beam traversed the Fe ²⁺:ZnSe crystal, while Q-switched mode-locked pulses were obtained when the Fe²⁺:ZnSe crystal was illuminated by the focused beam.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3849-3851
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics letters
Volume	37
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.003849
State	Published - Sep 15 2012

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