Fiber DFB lasers as oscillators for high-power MOPA systems

Author

Wilcox, R.B. ; Browning, D.F. ; Page, R.H.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

243

Abstract

Summary form only given. Fiber Bragg grating distributed feedback (DFB) lasers in Er:silica have been demonstrated in recent years, and are now commercial products for telecom wavelengths. Some DFB lasers have also been made in Yb:silica at other wavelengths. These lasers are reliably single longitudinal mode due to narrowband cavity mirrors made of fiber Bragg gratings. We have developed oscillator systems based on DFB lasers in Yb-doped silica fiber at 1053 nm, for amplification in Nd:phosphate glass:pulsed amplifiers, part of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) fusion research laser at Livermore.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; distributed feedback lasers; optical fibre amplifiers; silicon compounds; ytterbium; Er:silica; SiO/sub 2/:Yb; Yb:silica; fiber DFB lasers; high-power MOPA systems; narrowband cavity mirrors; oscillator systems; oscillators; single longitudinal mode; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser feedback; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Mirrors; Narrowband; Oscillators; Silicon compounds; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834135

Filename

834135