Development of femtosecond thulium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser oscillators

We demonstrate a mode-locked fiber laser system using thulium-doped ZBLAN fibers. Very low dispersion of ZBLAN glass fibers enabled generation of pulses with the duration of 45 fs at 1900 nm.

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Published in2014 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) - Laser Science to Photonic Applications pp. 1 - 2
Main Authors Nomura, Yutaka, Nishio, Masatoshi, Kawato, Sakae, Fuji, Takao
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published The Optical Society 01.06.2014
Subjects
Cavity resonators
Dispersion
Laser beams
Laser excitation
Laser mode locking
Measurement by laser beam
Pump lasers
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Summary:We demonstrate a mode-locked fiber laser system using thulium-doped ZBLAN fibers. Very low dispersion of ZBLAN glass fibers enabled generation of pulses with the duration of 45 fs at 1900 nm.
ISSN:2160-8989
2160-9004
DOI:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2014.STu1N.3