Wavelength tunable Q-switch laser in visible region with Pr3+-doped fluoride-glass fiber pumped by GaN diode laser

We demonstrate pulse laser operation of a 4-cm-long Pr3+-doped fluoride-glass fiber laser pumped by InGaN laser diodes (444 nm) using an acousto-optic modulator. We obtained maximum laser peak power of 105.6 W (2.1 μJ/pulse) with a pulse width of 20 ns at an 8.3-kHz repetition rate for a 607-nm wavelength. Employing a prism tuning cavity, we obtained wavelength tunable Q-switch pulse laser oscillation in the visible region (488–491, 520–526, 601–624, 631–644 nm).