Abstract

We report what we believe is the first monolithic fluoride-fiber laser making use of fiber Bragg gratings written directly in the doped fluoride-fiber core. The ${\mathrm{Tm}}^{3+}:\mathrm{ZBLAN}$ fiber laser is upconversion pumped at $1070\mathrm{nm}$ and emits at $1480\mathrm{nm}$. Using two different all-fiber cavities, we observed a threshold as low as $75\mathrm{mW}$ and a conversion efficiency of up to 40% with respect to launched pump power.

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Bragg gratings photoinduced in ZBLAN fibers by femtosecond pulses at 800 nm

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