• DocumentCode
    1267333
  • Title

    Diode laser pumped Er3+ fibre laser operation between 2.7-2.8 mu m

  • Author

    Yanagita, Hiroshi ; Masuda, I. ; Yamashita, Takayoshi ; Toratani, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Mater. Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1836
  • Lastpage
    1838
  • Abstract
    CW laser operation in the 2.7-2.8 mu m region has been observed in Er3+ doped fluorozircoaluminate glass fibres by diode laser pumping at 0.8 mu m. An absorbed threshold power of 10 mW and an output laser power of 2.1 mW with a slope efficiency of 8% were obtained.
  • Keywords
    aluminium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; laser transitions; optical pumping; zirconium compounds; 0.8 micron; 10 mW; 2.1 mW; 2.7 to 2.8 micron; 8 percent; CW laser operation; ZrF 4-AlF 3:Er 3+; absorbed threshold power; diode laser pumping; output laser power; slope efficiency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19901182
  • Filename
    59452