title: Gain-switched holmium-doped fibre laser.
abstract: We demonstrate the first gain-switched, singly doped, single-mode holmium-doped silicate glass fibre laser that operates at 2.106 microm. Using a gain-switched 1.909-microm thulium-doped fibre laser as the pump source, output pulses of energy 3.2 microJ and pulse duration of 150 ns were generated at 80 kHz and slope efficiency of 44%. Pulse stacking within the holmium-doped fibre laser resulted in significantly shorter 70 ns pulses.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing, School of Chemistry & Physics, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. ka.wu@alumni.adelaide.edu.au
authors.forename: Ka S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ottaway
authors.forename: Jesper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Munch
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: Shayne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bennetts
authors.forename: Stuart D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005898:Glass; D006695:Holmium / Q000737:chemistry*; D007834:Lasers; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods*; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013932:Thulium / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D017640:Silicates; D013932:Thulium; D006695:Holmium