Erbium-doped mid-infrared fiber lasers

Ori Henderson-Sapir; Andrew Malouf; Nathaniel Bawden; Elizaveta Klantsataya; Jesper Munch; Matthew R. Majewski; Stuart D. Jackson; Hiraku Matsukuma; Shigeki Tokita; Sze Yun Set; Shinji Yamashita; David J. Ottaway

doi:10.1117/12.2524138

13 May 2019 Erbium-doped mid-infrared fiber lasers

Ori Henderson-Sapir, Andrew Malouf, Nathaniel Bawden, Elizaveta Klantsataya, Jesper Munch, Matthew R. Majewski, Stuart D. Jackson, Hiraku Matsukuma, Shigeki Tokita, Sze Yun Set, Shinji Yamashita, David J. Ottaway

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Proceedings Volume 10981, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XV; 1098108 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2524138
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2019, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The performance of mid-infrared fiber lasers operating on the 3.5 μm transition in erbium has improved significantly since the first demonstration that dual wavelength pumping allowed efficient operation. In this contribution, we will discuss the progress of fiber lasers that operate on this transition with an emphasis on advances towards short pulse generation and wavelength agility. Mode-locked operation using saturable absorption is a robust means of achieving ultra-short pulse operation in the near infrared but achieving this in the mid-infrared has been elusive. We will also describe our characterization of the mid-infrared performance of graphene, a material which has been very successfully applied to mode-locked pulse generation in the near infrared.

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Ori Henderson-Sapir, Andrew Malouf, Nathaniel Bawden, Elizaveta Klantsataya, Jesper Munch, Matthew R. Majewski, Stuart D. Jackson, Hiraku Matsukuma, Shigeki Tokita, Sze Yun Set, Shinji Yamashita, and David J. Ottaway "Erbium-doped mid-infrared fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 10981, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XV, 1098108 (13 May 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2524138

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Fiber lasers

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Mode locking

Pulsed laser operation

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