Abstract
A diode-pumped actively -switched and actively mode-locked -doped double-clad silicate fiber laser is reported providing up to 5 W of average output power at ~60 kHz -switch envelope repetition rate and subpulses with up to 2.4 kW peak power. Using this source as a pump laser for supercontinuum generation in a ZBLAN fiber, over 1080 mW of supercontinuum from 1.9 μm to beyond 3.6 μm was obtained at an overall efficiency of 3.3% with respect to the diode pump power.
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