Visible–NIR tunable Pr<sup>3+</sup>-doped fiber laser pumped by a GaN laser diode

doi:10.1364/OE.17.020227

Visible–NIR tunable Pr³⁺-doped fiber laser pumped by a GaN laser diode

Hideyuki Okamoto, Ken Kasuga, Ikunari Hara, and Yoshinori Kubota »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 22, pp. 20227-20232 (2009)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.17.020227

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We demonstrated continuous wave laser operation with a tunable range of over 300 nm in the visible and near-infrared regions (479–497, 515–548, 597–737, 849-960 nm) using a single 9-cm Pr³⁺-doped ZBLAN fiber pumped by a GaN laser. The total tunable range was 6469 cm⁻¹, which is wider than that of conventional Ti:sapphire lasers.

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(140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
(140.3600) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, tunable
(140.7300) Lasers and laser optics : Visible lasers

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: September 2, 2009
Revised Manuscript: October 14, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: October 15, 2009
Published: October 21, 2009

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Hideyuki Okamoto, Ken Kasuga, Ikunari Hara, and Yoshinori Kubota, "Visible–NIR tunable Pr³⁺-doped fiber laser pumped by a GaN laser diode," Opt. Express 17, 20227-20232 (2009)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-17-22-20227

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