Wavelength-Tuning of Nanosecond Pulses in Er-Doped Fluoride Fibre Amplifier

Ray, Paulami, Yadav, Amit, Cozic, Solenn, Joulain, Franck, Berthelot, Thibaud, Hinze, Ulf, Poulain, Samuel, Rafailov, Edik U. and Chichkov, Nikolai B. (2022). Wavelength-Tuning of Nanosecond Pulses in Er-Doped Fluoride Fibre Amplifier. IEEE Photonics Journal, 14 (5),

Abstract

We investigate the gain bandwidth and wavelength-tuning range of an erbium-doped fluoride fibre amplifier. The presented experimental setup consisted of a widely wavelength-tunable optical parametric oscillator (OPO), which was amplified in a single-stage Er-doped fluoride fibre amplifier. The OPO laser provided seed pulses with a pulse width of 5.2 ns and a repetition rate of 10 kHz. The fibre section consisted of 2.2 m of double-clad, single-mode fibre with a doping concentration of 7 mol%. Wavelength-tuning was analysed at gain values of up to 26 dB and amplified pulse energies of up to 37.4 μ J. Using this setup, we demonstrate continuous wavelength tuning of more than 100 nm, covering the wavelength range from 2712 nm to 2818 nm.

Publication DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1109/jphot.2022.3206104
Divisions:	College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT) College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Additional Information:	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 843801. This project has received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Grant No. EP/R024898/1.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Erbium,Fibre laser,Fluoride fibre,Mid-infrared,Nanosecond,ZBLAN,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Publication ISSN:	1943-0655
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2024 07:40
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2022 15:08
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Published Date:	2022-10-01
Published Online Date:	2022-09-12
Accepted Date:	2022-09-08
Authors:	Ray, Paulami Yadav, Amit ( 0000-0001-7865-6905) Cozic, Solenn Joulain, Franck Berthelot, Thibaud Hinze, Ulf Poulain, Samuel Rafailov, Edik U. ( 0000-0002-4152-0120) Chichkov, Nikolai B.