Widely wavelength-tunable mid-infrared fluoride fiber lasers

Abstract

We demonstrate widely wavelength-tunable continuous-wave (CW) and Q-switched Er3+-doped ZBLAN fluoride fiber lasers operating around 3 μm enabled by a volume Bragg grating (VBG). In the CW operation regime, a total wavelength tuning range of over 160-nm spanning from 2694 to 2854 nm has been achieved. For the Q-switched mode of operation, a slightly modified resonator configuration, incorporating a passive Q-switcher, topological insulator Bi2Te3 nanosheets, can produce stable pulse trains with a pulse width of 880 ns at a repetition rate of 81 kHz, while maintaining a wavelength tuning range of 62 nm from 2762 to 2824 nm through adjusting the VBG. In both operation regimes, the output spectral width is measured to be <;0.3 nm (full-width at half-maximum) over the whole tuning range. Our work both demonstrates the great wavelength-tuning potential of the Er3+ -doped fluoride fiber laser, and also paves a way for the development of a range of high-performance midinfrared laser sources.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2017.2720964
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Systems analytics research institute (SARI)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
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Uncontrolled Keywords: fiber lasers,mid-infrared,Q-switched,topological insulator,wavelength tunable,Ceramics and Composites,Materials Chemistry
Publication ISSN: 0792-1233
Last Modified: 04 Mar 2024 08:21
Date Deposited: 09 Aug 2017 09:20
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2018-05
Published Online Date: 2017-06-28
Accepted Date: 2017-06-23
Authors: Liu, Jun
Wu, Man
Huang, Bin
Tang, Pinghua
Zhao, Chujun
Shen, Deyuan
Fan, Dianyuan
Turitsyn, Sergei K. (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-0101-3834)

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