• DocumentCode
    1267541
  • Title

    Efficient up-conversion pumping at 800 nm of an erbium-doped fluoride fibre laser operating at 850 nm

  • Author

    Miller, Crystal A. ; Brierley, M.C. ; Hunt, M.H. ; Carter, Stephen F.

  • Author_Institution
    British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    22
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    1871
  • Lastpage
    1873
  • Abstract
    An erbium-doped fluorozirconate fibre laser has been constructed which uses up-conversion pumping at 801 nm to excite a higher-level laser transition at 850 nm. A slope efficiency of 38% was measured.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; laser transitions; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; 38 percent; 800 nm; 850 nm; ZBLAN glass fibres; ZrF 4-BaF 2-LaF 3-AlF 3-NaF:Er; erbium-doped fluoride fibre laser; higher-level laser transition; slope efficiency; up-conversion pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19901203
  • Filename
    59473
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1267541