Q-switched Er3+/Dy3+ codoped ZrF4 fiber laser: continuously tunable pulse generation from 3.06 to 3.62 µm

Yongzhi Wang; Hongyu Luo; Biao Wang; Jianfeng Li; Yong Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202321.041402

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 4, 041402(2023)

Q-switched Er³⁺/Dy³⁺ codoped ZrF₄ fiber laser: continuously tunable pulse generation from 3.06 to 3.62 µm

Yongzhi Wang, Hongyu Luo^*, Biao Wang, Jianfeng Li, and Yong Liu

State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

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