• 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