Advances in Mid-IR Fiber Lasers: Tellurite, Fluoride and Chalcogenide

Author: Falconi Mario Christian   Laneve Dario   Prudenzano Francesco  

Publisher: MDPI

E-ISSN: 2079-6439|5|2|23-23

ISSN: 2079-6439

Source: Fibers, Vol.5, Iss.2, 2017-06, pp. : 23-23

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Abstract

A review on the recent progress in modeling and fabrication of medium infrared (Mid-IR) fiber lasers is reported. The main objective is to illustrate some recent examples of continuous wave optical sources at wavelengths longer than those commonly employed in telecom applications and allowing high beam quality. A small number of Mid-IR lasers, among the large variety of schemes, glasses, dopants and pumping schemes reported in literature, is selected on the basis of their slope efficiency and threshold pump power. In particular, tellurite, fluoride and chalcogenide fiber lasers are considered. More details are given with reference to the novel pumping schemes.

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