Development of Eye-Safe Fiber Lasers Near 2 μm

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作者
Geng, Jihong [1 ]
Wang, Qing [1 ]
Lee, Yinwen [2 ]
Jiang, Shibin [1 ]
机构
[1] AdValue Photonics, Tucson, 85714, AZ
[2] Department of Electro-optical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei
基金
美国国家航空航天局;
关键词
Mode-locked fiber laser; Q-switched fiber laser; silicate glass; single-frequency fiber laser; Tm-doped fiber; Tm-Ho-codoped fiber; tunable fiber laser;
D O I
10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2318274
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摘要
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. © 1995-2012 IEEE.
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