A spectrally flat mid-infrared supercontinuum(MIR-SC) spanning 2.8–3.9 μm with a maximum output power of 411 mW was generated in a holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber amplifier(HDZFA). A broadband fiber-based SC covering the ...A spectrally flat mid-infrared supercontinuum(MIR-SC) spanning 2.8–3.9 μm with a maximum output power of 411 mW was generated in a holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber amplifier(HDZFA). A broadband fiber-based SC covering the 2.4–3.2 μm region was designed to seed the amplifier. Benefiting from the broadband seed laser,the obtained SC had a high spectral flatness of 3 dB over the range of 2.93–3.70 μm(770 nm). A spectral integral showed that the SC power beyond 3 μm was 372 mW, i.e., a power ratio of 90.6% of the total power. This paper,to the best of our knowledge, not only demonstrates the first spectrally flat MIR-SC directly generated in fluoride fiber amplifiers, but also reports the highest power ratio beyond 3 μm obtained in rare-earth-doped fluoride fiber until now.展开更多
We report the design and analysis of a rod-type photonic crystal fiber with Er-Yb co-doped for the high power 1.5-μm band amplifier.The fiber structure is designed to be the 120-μm extreme large core diameter,300-μ...We report the design and analysis of a rod-type photonic crystal fiber with Er-Yb co-doped for the high power 1.5-μm band amplifier.The fiber structure is designed to be the 120-μm extreme large core diameter,300-μm inner cladding diameter,and 1.5-mm outer cladding diameter that ensure the single mode output during high power amplification.Both the continuous wave(CW) and pulsed amplification characteristics are analyzed based on the exact modeling and simulation under the designed geometry.The 4-mJ pulse energy and 400-kW peak power are obtained in theory,so the 1.5-μm band amplifier that achieves milojoule level pulse energy meanwhile keeping single mode is firstly designed.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(61435009)
文摘A spectrally flat mid-infrared supercontinuum(MIR-SC) spanning 2.8–3.9 μm with a maximum output power of 411 mW was generated in a holmium-doped ZBLAN fiber amplifier(HDZFA). A broadband fiber-based SC covering the 2.4–3.2 μm region was designed to seed the amplifier. Benefiting from the broadband seed laser,the obtained SC had a high spectral flatness of 3 dB over the range of 2.93–3.70 μm(770 nm). A spectral integral showed that the SC power beyond 3 μm was 372 mW, i.e., a power ratio of 90.6% of the total power. This paper,to the best of our knowledge, not only demonstrates the first spectrally flat MIR-SC directly generated in fluoride fiber amplifiers, but also reports the highest power ratio beyond 3 μm obtained in rare-earth-doped fluoride fiber until now.
文摘We report the design and analysis of a rod-type photonic crystal fiber with Er-Yb co-doped for the high power 1.5-μm band amplifier.The fiber structure is designed to be the 120-μm extreme large core diameter,300-μm inner cladding diameter,and 1.5-mm outer cladding diameter that ensure the single mode output during high power amplification.Both the continuous wave(CW) and pulsed amplification characteristics are analyzed based on the exact modeling and simulation under the designed geometry.The 4-mJ pulse energy and 400-kW peak power are obtained in theory,so the 1.5-μm band amplifier that achieves milojoule level pulse energy meanwhile keeping single mode is firstly designed.
