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Song Huang; Shihao Tang; Jiaqi Wang; Yunfei Xiao; Nixiang Li; Shun Hu; Yong Zhou; Wei Zhang; Xiaohui Ma; Wentan Fang; Xiaolin Chen; Yi Luo; Weiqing Gao

doi:10.3788/COL202422.111406

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 11, 111406(2024)

Highly efficient actively $Q$ -switched Er³⁺-doped ZBLAN fiber laser operating around 2.8 µm using a La₃Ga₅SiO₁₄ electro-optical modulator

Song Huang¹, Shihao Tang¹, Jiaqi Wang¹, Yunfei Xiao¹, Nixiang Li¹, Shun Hu¹, Yong Zhou¹, Wei Zhang¹, Xiaohui Ma¹, Wentan Fang¹, Xiaolin Chen¹, Yi Luo², and Weiqing Gao^1、*

Author Affiliations

¹Department of Optical Engineering, School of Physics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

²Anhui Crystro Crystal Materials Co., Ltd., Hefei 230601, China

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Song Huang, Shihao Tang, Jiaqi Wang, Yunfei Xiao, Nixiang Li, Shun Hu, Yong Zhou, Wei Zhang, Xiaohui Ma, Wentan Fang, Xiaolin Chen, Yi Luo, Weiqing Gao, "Highly efficient actively $Q$ -switched Er³⁺-doped ZBLAN fiber laser operating around 2.8 µm using a La₃Ga₅SiO₁₄ electro-optical modulator," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 111406 (2024)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: May. 10, 2024

Accepted: Jul. 8, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 26, 2024

The Author Email: Weiqing Gao (gaoweiqing@hfut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.111406

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.111406

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