• DocumentCode
    3566825
  • Title

    Microstructured phosphate glass fiber lasers with large mode areas

  • Author

    Li, L. ; Schfilzgen, A. ; Ternyanko, V.L. ; Qiu, T. ; Mafi, A. ; Moloney, J.V. ; Peyghambarian, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Sci. Center, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    2005
  • Abstract
    We report fabrication and testing of the first phosphate glass microstructured fiber lasers. From cladding-pumped, 11 cm long fiber lasers of 430 μm2 core area we obtain 3 W CW output with good beam quality.
  • Keywords
    laser modes; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; phosphate glasses; 11 cm; 3 W; CW lasers; beam quality; cladding-pumped fiber lasers; fabrication; microstructured fiber lasers; mode areas; phosphate glass fiber lasers; testing; Fiber lasers; Glass; Holey fibers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonic crystal fibers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.193072
  • Filename
    1499665