Possibilities of laser amplification and measurement of the field structure of ultrashort pulses in the range of 2.7 – 3μm in tellurite glass fibres doped with erbium ions

Journal Article · Sat Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 2018 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QEL16845· OSTI ID:23004825

Anashkina, E. A.; Muravyev, S. V.; Andrianov, A. V.; Sorokin, A. A.; Koptev, M. Yu.; Kim, A. V. ^[1]; Dorofeev, V. V.; Motorin, S. E. ^[2]

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1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Ul’yanova 46, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod (Russian Federation)
2. Center of Laser Technology and Materials Science, ul. Vavilova 38, korp. L-2, 119991 Moscow (Russian Federation)

The amplification of ultrashort signals in the range 2.7 – 3 μm in active tellurite glass fibres with high Kerr nonlinearity and high concentration of erbium ions in the core is theoretically investigated under diode pumping at a wavelength of 0.975 μm. The possibility of producing pulses with the energy ∼10 nJ and the duration smaller than 100 fs with ∼20 dB gain is shown. Moreover, using a specially developed iterative computer algorithm, the possibility of determining the intensity and phase of the generated pulses by measuring their fundamental spectra and two additional spectra obtained by means of nonlinear-optical conversion in short pieces of these optical fibres is demonstrated. Optical fibre samples are made of high-purity TeO{sub 2} – ZnO – La{sub 2}O{sub 3} – Na{sub 2}O glasses with 10{sup 21} cm{sup −3} concentration of erbium ions in the core and a low content of hydroxyl groups that causes small losses in the spectral range under consideration. The group velocity dispersions, effective mode fields, nonlinear coefficients and field overlap integrals of the LP{sub 01} fundamental modes with a doped core for optical fibres with different core diameters are calculated, and the emission and absorption cross sections are calculated basing on the experimental luminescence spectrum. The optimal parameters of the amplifier are determined by numerically modelling the dynamics of ultrashort pulses using the measured and calculated characteristics. (paper)

• OSTI ID: 23004825
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 48; ISSN 1063-7818; ISSN QUELEZ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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ERBIUM IONS
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LANTHANUM OXIDES
LASERS
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OPTICAL FIBERS
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