Towards the development of fiber lasers for the 2 to 4  μ m spectral region

A growing number of applications are calling for compact laser sources operating in the mid-infrared spectral region. A review of our recent work on monolithic fiber lasers (FL) based either on the use of rare-earth fluoride fibers or on Raman gain in both fluoride and chalcogenide glass fibers is p...

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Published in:Optical engineering 2013-05, Vol.52 (5), p.np-np
Main Authors: tin, Vincent, Bernier, Martin, Caron, Nicolas, Faucher, Dominic, El Amraoui, Mohammed, Messaddeq, Younes, Vallee, Real
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chalcogenides
Fiber lasers
Fluorides
Gain
Lasers
Rare earth metals
Spectra
Spectral bands
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Summary:A growing number of applications are calling for compact laser sources operating in the mid-infrared spectral region. A review of our recent work on monolithic fiber lasers (FL) based either on the use of rare-earth fluoride fibers or on Raman gain in both fluoride and chalcogenide glass fibers is presented. Accordingly, an erbium-doped double clad fluoride glass all-FL operating in the vicinity of 3 mu m is shown. In addition, we present recent results on the first demonstrations of both fluoride and chalcogenide Raman fiber lasers operating at 2.23 and 3.34 mu m, respectively. It is shown that based on this approach, monolithic FLs could be developed to cover the whole 2 to 4 mu m spectral band.
ISSN:0091-3286
1560-2303
DOI:10.1117/1.OE.52.5.054202