Dysprosium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser tunable from 2.8 μm to 3.4 μm, pumped at 1.7 μm. In: Optics Letters, 43 (5), pp. 971, 2018, (Editors' Pick).
Abstract
We demonstrate a mid-infrared dysprosium-doped fluoride fiber laser with a continuously tunable output range of 573 nm, pumped by a 1.7 μm Raman fiber laser. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the largest tuning range achieved to date from any rare-earth-doped fiber laser and, critically, spans the 2.8–3.4 μm spectral region, which contains absorption resonances of many important functional groups and is uncovered by other rare-earth ions. Output powers up to 170 mW are achieved, with 21% slope efficiency. We also discuss the relative merits of the 1.7 μm pump scheme, including possible pump excited-state absorption.
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@article{Majewski2018,
title = {Dysprosium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser tunable from 2.8 μm to 3.4 μm, pumped at 1.7 μm},
author = {M. R. Majewski and R. I. Woodward and S. D. Jackson},
url = {https://www.riwoodward.com/publication_files/majewski_2018_ol_dytune.pdf},
doi = {10.1364/OL.43.000971},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-02-16},
journal = {Optics Letters},
volume = {43},
number = {5},
pages = {971},
abstract = {We demonstrate a mid-infrared dysprosium-doped fluoride fiber laser with a continuously tunable output range of 573 nm, pumped by a 1.7 μm Raman fiber laser. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the largest tuning range achieved to date from any rare-earth-doped fiber laser and, critically, spans the 2.8–3.4 μm spectral region, which contains absorption resonances of many important functional groups and is uncovered by other rare-earth ions. Output powers up to 170 mW are achieved, with 21% slope efficiency. We also discuss the relative merits of the 1.7 μm pump scheme, including possible pump excited-state absorption.},
note = {Editors' Pick},
keywords = {dysprosium, fibre laser, mid-infrared},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}