Actively Q-switched and mode-locked Tm3+-doped silicate 2 μm fiber laser for supercontinuum generation in fluoride fiber

被引：81

作者：

Eckerle, Michael ^{[1
]}

Kieleck, Christelle ^{[1
]}

Swiderski, Jacek ^{[2
]}

Jackson, Stuart D. ^{[3
]}

Maze, Gwenael ^{[4
]}

Eichhorn, Marc ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] French German Res Inst St Louis ISL, F-68301 St Louis, France

[2] Mil Univ Technol, Inst Optoelect, PL-00908 Warsaw, Poland

[3] Univ Sydney, Sch Phys, Inst Photon & Opt Sci, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[4] Le Verre Fluore, F-35170 Bruz, Brittany, France

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 37卷 / 04期

关键词：

TIME-AVERAGED POWER; ZBLAN FIBER;

D O I：

10.1364/OL.37.000512

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

A diode-pumped actively Q-switched and actively mode-locked Tm3+-doped double-clad silicate fiber laser is reported providing up to 5 W of average output power at similar to 60 kHz Q-switch envelope repetition rate and similar to 8 mu J subpulses with up to 2.4 kW peak power. Using this source as a pump laser for supercontinuum generation in a ZBLAN fiber, over 1080 mW of supercontinuum from 1.9 mu m to beyond 3.6 mu m was obtained at an overall efficiency of 3.3% with respect to the diode pump power. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：512 / 514

页数：3

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