Title :
Efficient high-power continuous-wave operation of monomode Tm-doped fibre laser at 2 mu m pumped by Nd:YAG laser at 1.064 mu m
Author :
Hanna, D.C. ; McCarthy, M.J. ; Perry, I.R. ; Suni, P.J.
Author_Institution :
Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Describes the efficient 2 mu m operation of a monomode Tm3+-doped silica-based fibre laser pumped with a Nd:YAG laser at 1.06 mu m. The maximum fibre laser output power was 51 mW at 2.038 mu m for an absorbed pump power of 230 mW. The threshold power was 60 mW absorbed and the slope efficiency with respect to absorbed power was 30%.
Keywords :
fibre optics; garnets; neodymium; optical pumping; silicon compounds; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; 1.06 micron; 2 micron; 2.038 micron; 30 percent; 51 to 230 mW; Nd:YAG laser; SiO 2:Tm 3+; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; absorbed pump power; continuous-wave operation; monomode Tm-doped fibre laser; output power; slope efficiency; threshold power;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890912
