Mid-infrared lasing from Ho3+ in bulk InF3 glass

Antoine Berrou; Christelle Kieleck; Marc Eichhorn

doi:10.1364/OL.40.001699

Mid-infrared lasing from Ho3+ in bulk InF3 glass

Antoine Berrou^*, Christelle Kieleck, Marc Eichhorn

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School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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Abstract

We report on an Ho3+:InF3 glass laser pumped by a Cr3+:LiSAF laser emitting at 889 nm. Ho3+: InF3 glass is a promising material for direct mid-infrared lasers around 4 mu m. To evaluate the performances of this new material, we compared it to an Ho3+:BYF crystalline laser pumped by the same source. At 650 mJ pump energy, 7.2 mJ (46 mJ) was obtained with Ho3+:InF3 (Ho3+:BYF), respectively. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the first reported laser activity in this type of glass. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1699-1701
Number of pages	3
Journal	Optics Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.001699
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

FLUORIDE FIBER LASER
MU-M
WAVELENGTH

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Mid-infrared lasing from Ho3+ in bulk InF3 glass

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