at∼ 2.8-µm using large core Er: ZBLAN fibers. The highest energies achieved are 0.75 mJ
from a 50 µm core, and 420µJ from a 30 µm core fibers respectively, seeded with 95 ns long
pulses generated by a ring-cavity Q-switched Er: ZBLAN fiber laser. Nearly diffraction-limited
beams with M^ 2= 1.2-1.3 were obtained using a single-mode excitation technique of multi-
mode core fibers. Achieved pulse energies exceed by approximately an order of magnitude …