• DocumentCode
    1110408
  • Title

    High efficiency diode pumped thulium-doped silica fibre lasers with intracore Bragg gratings in the 1.9-2.1 μm band

  • Author

    Boj, S. ; Delevaque, E. ; Bayon, J.F. ; Niay, P. ; Bernage, P.

  • Author_Institution
    CNET, Paris
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    6/23/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1019
  • Lastpage
    1020
  • Abstract
    Diode pumped continuous wave laser oscillation at wavelengths between 1.9 and 2.1 μm in a thulium doped silica fibre that uses Bragg reflectors for cavity feedback is reported. These lasers exhibit low pump power thresholds and quantum efficiencies close to unity
  • Keywords
    diffraction gratings; feedback; fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; thulium; 1.9 to 2.1 mum; 1.9-2.1 μm band; Tm-doped silica fibre lasers; cavity feedback; continuous wave laser oscillation; diode pumped; high efficiency; intracore Bragg gratings; low pump power thresholds; quantum efficiencies; thulium-doped silica fibre lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940702
  • Filename
    294769