Author Affiliations
State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710024, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Schematic of the energy levels relevant to the 3.5 μm Er3+∶ZBLAN fiber laser
Fig. 2. Comparison between experimental results and simulations. (a) H2016 experimental results and simulations in this paper; (b) M2017 experimental results and simulations in this paper
Fig. 3. Simulation results of a typical 3.5 μm laser oscillating generation process
Fig. 4. Particle density, signal and pump power at different fiber positions. (a) Particle density of each energy level when continuous oscillation is steady; (b) signal and pump power at each fiber element
Fig. 5. Influence of overlap factor on the 3.5 μm laser power. (a) Γp1; (b) Γp2
Fig. 6. 3.5 μm laser power as a function of 975 nm pump power. (a) With ESA2; (b) without ESA2; (c) comparison between with and without ESA2 when P2=6 W
Fig. 7. 3.5 μm laser power as a function of 1975 nm pump power
Fig. 8. Impact of output coupler reflectivity on 3.5 μm laser power
Fig. 9. 3.5 μm laser output power and efficiencies with different fiber lengths and output coupler reflectivities. (a) Roc=20%; (b) Roc=30%; (c) Roc=40%; (d) slope efficiencies and pump thresholds
Fig. 10. Impacts of interionic interaction on 3.5 μm laser power. (a) W1103; (b) W2206; (c) W4251; (d) W5031
Parameters | Value |
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τ1 /ms | 9.9 | τ2 /ms | 7.9 | τ3 /μs | 8.0 | τ4 /μs | 177.0 | τ5 /μs | 530.0 | τ6 /μs | 5.0 | β10 | 1.0 | β21, β20 | 0.182, 0.818 | β32, β31, β30 | 0.999, 0,0.001 | β43, β42, β41, β40 | 0.808, 0.008, 0.009, 0.175 | β54, β53, β52, β51, β50 | 0.285, 0.029, 0.014, 0.193, 0.479 | β65, β60 | 0.990, 0.010 |
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Table 1. Spectroscopic constant parameters of Er3+[16-17]
Parameters | Value |
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NEr /(1026 m-3) | 1.6 | | | L /m | 2.8 | | 3.4 | dcore /(10-6 m) | 16.5 | | 16.5 | dclad /(10-6 m) | 250 | | 170 | λp1 /(10-9 m) | 977 | | 964.8 | λp2 /(10-9 m) | 1973 | | 1976 | λs1 /(10-6 m) | 2.8 | | - | λs2 /(10-6 m) | 3.47 | | 3.44 | /(10-26 m2) | 19.5 | | 3.77 | /(10-26 m2) | 9.3 | | 26.4 | /(10-26 m2) | - | | 15 | /(10-26 m2) | 13.5 | | 21 | /(10-26 m2) | - | | 7 | /(10-26 m2) | 30 | σem20 /(10-26 m2) | 16.1 | | 1.64 | σem62 /(10-26 m2) | 21.1 | | 31.9 | σem63 /(10-26 m2) | 17.4 | | - | σem42 /(10-26 m2) | 36.1 | σem21 /(10-26 m2) | 45 | | - | σem43 /(10-26 m2) | 12 | αs2 /m-1 | 0.035 | W1103 /(10-24 m3·s-1) | 0.4 | | 13 | W2206 /(10-24 m3·s-1) | 0.08 | | 1.6 | W5031 /(10-24 m3·s-1) | 0.1 | | 4.8 | W4251 /(10-24 m3·s-1) | 17 | | 25 |
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Table 2. Variable spectroscopic parameters and fiber parameters[4,16-17]