DocumentCode
1036772
Title
Diode-laser-pumped operation of an Er3+-doped single-mode fibre laser
Author
Reekie, L. ; Jauncey, I.M. ; Poole, S.B. ; Payne, David N.
Author_Institution
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Computer Science, Optical Fibre Group, Southampton, UK
Volume
23
Issue
20
fYear
1987
Firstpage
1076
Lastpage
1078
Abstract
We report the first operation of an Er3+-doped single-mode fibre laser operating around 1.6¿m pumped by a CW AIGaAs diode laser. An output power of 130¿W was obtained with a lasing threshold of 3 mW.
Keywords
erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.6 micron; 130 muW; 3 mW; AlGaAs diode laser; CW pumping laser; Er3+ doped fibres; diode laser pumped operation; rare-earth doping; single-mode fibre laser;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19870752
Filename
4258989
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