Generation of 1.3/1.4 µm random fiber laser by bismuth-doped phosphosilicate fiber

Hang Wang; Wencheng Jia; Yongjia Yao; Xinyun Yang; Mikhail Melkumov; Sergey Firstov; Alexey Lobanov; Zhipeng Dong; Zhengqian Luo

doi:10.3788/COL202321.071401

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 7, 071401(2023)

Generation of 1.3/1.4 µm random fiber laser by bismuth-doped phosphosilicate fiber

Hang Wang¹, Wencheng Jia¹, Yongjia Yao¹, Xinyun Yang¹, Mikhail Melkumov³, Sergey Firstov³, Alexey Lobanov⁴, Zhipeng Dong^1、*, and Zhengqian Luo^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Fujian Key Laboratory of Ultrafast Laser Technology and Applications, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China

²Innovation Laboratory for Sciences and Technologies of Energy Materials of Fujian Province (IKKEM), Xiamen 361005, China

³Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Dianov Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119333, Russia

⁴Devyatykh Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod 603951, Russia

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Hang Wang, Wencheng Jia, Yongjia Yao, Xinyun Yang, Mikhail Melkumov, Sergey Firstov, Alexey Lobanov, Zhipeng Dong, Zhengqian Luo, "Generation of 1.3/1.4 µm random fiber laser by bismuth-doped phosphosilicate fiber," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 071401 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers, Optical Amplifiers, and Laser Optics

Received: Nov. 20, 2022

Accepted: Apr. 11, 2023

Published Online: Jul. 14, 2023

The Author Email: Zhipeng Dong (zpdong@xmu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.071401

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