Title :
Tunable green upconversion erbium fibre laser
Author :
Monerie, M. ; Poignant, Hubert
Abstract :
Fifty mW of green power and slope efficiency against launched pump power of 15% have been obtained at room temperature in an erbium doped fluorozirconate fibre pumped at 0.97 mu m. Lasing tunability domain, pump wavelength tunability and the role of colasing at 1.55 mu m are described.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; lanthanum compounds; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; 0.54 micron; 0.97 micron; 1.55 micron; 50 mW; Er doped optical fibre; Er:ZBLAN fibre; ZrF 4-BaF 2-LaF 3-AlF 3-NaF:Er; colasing; fibre laser; green upconversion laser; pump wavelength tunability; tunable laser;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920068
