Mid-Infrared Erbium Waveguide Laser Passively Q-Switched by Fe:ZnSe
Pulsed waveguide lasers emitting around 3 <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\mu \mathrm{m}$</tex> are envisioned as seed sources for amplification and frequency down-conversion towards mid-infrared. The waveguide architecture benefit from suppressing the parasitic water vapor absorption in the air, intrinsically good mode matching, low thresholds, and compatibility with the fiber technology. We report on a <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$3-\mu \mathrm{m}$</tex> waveguide laser passively Q-switched by <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$\text{Fe}^{2+}$</tex> -doped ZnSe. The latter material is known for its ultrabroadband nonlinear absorption in the mid-infrared [1].
Authors
- Patrice Camy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-7643)
- Javier R. Vázquez de Aldana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5264-8525)
- Ammar Hideur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4357-7032)
- Stanislav Balabanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1920-9894)
- Pavel Loiko
- Carolina Romero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6088-7673)
- Peixiong Zhang
- Jı Eun Bae (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3643-4287)
- Weidong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6141-1039)
- Dunlu Sun
- Xavier Mateos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-1990)
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Jinan University (CN)
- Universidad de Salamanca (ES)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (CN)
- Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances them. G.G.Devyatyh (RU)
- Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (CN)
- Centre de Recherche sur les Ions, les Matériaux et la Photonique (FR)
- Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (CN)
- Universitat Rovira i Virgili (ES)
- Université de Rouen Normandie (FR)
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Rouen Normandie (FR)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/cleo/europe-eqec65582.2025.11109264
- Primary Topic
- Solid State Laser Technologies
- Type
- article
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