Title :
High-power erbium cascade fibre laser
Author :
Jackson, Stuart D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Opt. Sci., Univ. of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A 4.6 W erbium-doped fluoride fibre laser that operates simultaneously at 2.83 and 1.61 m is demonstrated. By allowing the 1.5 m transition to reach threshold, bottlenecking is prevented by radiative decay; a process that will allow further power scaling of the transitions.
Keywords :
doping; erbium; fibre lasers; bottlenecking; erbium cascade fibre laser; erbium-doped fluoride fibre laser; radiative decay;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.1526
