• DocumentCode
    732995
  • Title

    Fabrication and characterization of fiber waveguides from single-crystal Er3+-Doped YAG

  • Author

    Dreyer, E.F.C. ; Stagg, L. ; Trembath-Reichert, S. ; Hoef, C. ; Nie, C.D. ; Harrington, J.A. ; Rand, S.C.

  • Author_Institution
    EECS Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Rod-in-tube preforms and laser heated pedestal growthwere used successfully to fabricate graded-index Erbium doped YAG fibers suitable for low-loss waveguides in laser gain or power delivery applications.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; gradient index optics; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical losses; YAG:Er; fiber waveguide fabrication; graded-index erbium doped YAG fibers; laser gain; laser heated pedestal growth; low-loss waveguides; power delivery applications; rod-in-tube preforms; single-crystal Er3+-doped YAG; Crystals; Erbium; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical fibers; Preforms; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183432