980-nm diode-pumped power-scalable continuous wave mid-IR (2.7 μm) fiber laser (original) (raw)
1998, European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.1998.675893
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Abstract
Summary form only given. We describe a relatively efficient power-scalable mid-IR (2.7 μm) Er3+:ZBLAN fiber laser pumped by readily available 980-nm laser diodes. The 10 mW cw power levels demonstrated here are significantly higher than those reported previously from any Er3+:ZBLAN diode-pumped mid-IR fiber laser, presumably because the high erbium concentrations (10000 ppm) used enable rapid depletion of the lower
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