Abstract

We report the demonstration of a tunable dysprosium laser. The experiment employed in-band pumping of a ${\mathrm{Dy}}^{3+}$-doped fluoride fiber and a simple resonator design involving a ruled diffraction grating. The laser produced tuning between 2.95 and 3.35 μm, limited by the availability of optics.

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Highly efficient mid-infrared dysprosium fiber laser

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Dysprosium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser tunable from 2.8  μm to 3.4  μm, pumped at 1.7  μm

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Watt-level dysprosium fiber laser at 3.15  μm with 73% slope efficiency

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