2 μm Ring Cavity Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser Directly Pumped by 793 nm Laser Diode with Wide Tunable Wavelength and Narrow Linewidth

Jianwei Wang; Hui Shen; Junjie Ren; Zhenxing He; Yunfeng Qi; Bo Dai; Xisheng Ye

doi:10.3788/LOP242230

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 15, 1514001(2025)

2 μm Ring Cavity Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser Directly Pumped by 793 nm Laser Diode with Wide Tunable Wavelength and Narrow Linewidth

Jianwei Wang^1,2,3,4, Hui Shen^2,3,4、*, Junjie Ren^2,3,4, Zhenxing He^2,3,4, Yunfeng Qi^2,3,4、**, Bo Dai¹, and Xisheng Ye^1,2,3,4

Author Affiliations

¹School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China

²Wang Zhijiang Laser Innovation Center, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

³Shanghai Key Laboratory of All Solid-State Laser and Applied Techniques, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

⁴Aerospace Laser Technology and System Department, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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Jianwei Wang, Hui Shen, Junjie Ren, Zhenxing He, Yunfeng Qi, Bo Dai, Xisheng Ye. 2 μm Ring Cavity Thulium-Doped Fiber Laser Directly Pumped by 793 nm Laser Diode with Wide Tunable Wavelength and Narrow Linewidth[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(15): 1514001

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Nov. 7, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 25, 2024

Published Online: Jul. 8, 2025

The Author Email: Hui Shen (huishen@siom.ac.cn), Yunfeng Qi (dreamer_7@siom.ac.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP242230

CSTR:32186.14.LOP242230

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