Experimental Noise Characterization of a Mid-infrared Mode-locked Er:ZBLAN Fiber Laser

Yiwen Shi; Callum R. Smith; Christian R. Petersen; Ole Bang

doi:10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10232434

Abstract

Mid-infrared laser sources have attracted significant attention in applications, such as spectroscopy, laser surgery, material processing and supercontinuum generation [1]. Many practical applications require low-noise and high-stability ultrashort pulses in mid-infrared region, and rare-earth (RE) doped fluoride fibers can provide the platform for generating such ultrashort pulses. Since the first demonstration of a mode-locked (ML) erbium-doped fluoride fiber laser operating at 2.7 μm [2], there has been many reports presenting the output power, pulse energy and pulse duration of ML RE-doped fluoride fiber lasers. However, the laser stability has so far only been evaluated by fluctuations in output power [3], while for many applications it is the pulse-to-pulse relative intensity noise (RIN) that is the limiting factor. In this work, we report the first experimental RIN characterization of a ML erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser.

Original language	English
Publication date	30 Jun 2023
Number of pages	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10232434
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2023
Event	2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference - Munich, Germany, Munich, Germany Duration: 26 Jun 2023 → 30 Jun 2023

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Conference	2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference
Location	Munich, Germany
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	26/06/2023 → 30/06/2023

Keywords

Supercontinuum generation
Spectroscopy
Laser mode locking
Laser noise
Power lasers
Erbium-doped fiber lasers
Laser stability

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Experimental Noise Characterization of a Mid-infrared Mode-locked Er:ZBLAN Fiber Laser. / Shi, Yiwen; Smith, Callum R.; Petersen, Christian R. et al.
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