SESAM Q-Switched Ho3+-Doped ZBLAN Fiber Laser at 1190 nm

Yuchen Wang; Xiushan Zhu; Chuanxiang Sheng; Li Li; Qian Chen; Jie Zong; Kort Wiersma; Arturo Chavez-Pirson; R. A. Norwood; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1109/LPT.2017.2682921

SESAM Q-Switched Ho³⁺-Doped ZBLAN Fiber Laser at 1190 nm

Yuchen Wang
, Xiushan Zhu
, Chuanxiang Sheng
, Li Li
, Qian Chen
, Jie Zong
, Kort Wiersma
, Arturo Chavez-Pirson
, R. A. Norwood
, N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

We report a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror Q-switched holmium (Ho³⁺)-doped ZrF₄-BaF₂-LaF₃-AlF₃-NaF fiber laser operating at ∼1190 nm in a linear cavity. Stable Q-switched operation was established at a threshold pump power of 92.8 mW with a repetition rate of 26.1 kHz and a pulsewidth of 4 μs. The repetition rate increased and the pulsewidth decreased with an increasing pump power. When the pump power was increased to 830 mW, 800-ns Q-switched pulses with a pulse energy of 0.18 μJ at a repetition rate of 170 kHz were generated.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7879214
Pages (from-to)	743-746
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	29
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2017.2682921
State	Published - May 1 2017

Keywords

1.2 μm lasers
Ho-doped ZBLAN fiber laser
Q-switched fiber lasers
semiconductor saturable absorber mirror

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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