DocumentCode
1359093
Title
Efficient silica-based Ho3+ fibre laser for 2 μm spectral region pumped at 1.15 μm
Author
Kurkov, A.S. ; Dianov, E.M. ; Medvedkov, Oleg I. ; Ivanov, G.A. ; Aksenov, V.A. ; Paramonov, V.M. ; Vasiliev, Sergey A. ; Pershina, E.V.
Author_Institution
Gen. Phys. Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Volume
36
Issue
12
fYear
2000
fDate
6/8/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1015
Lastpage
1016
Abstract
For the first time an Ho3+ silica fibre laser has been realised using a Bragg grating as the input coupler and a fibre pump source at 1.15 μm. The output power of 280 mW at 2 μm is to the authors´ knowledge the highest value reported so far for Ho3+ silica fibre lasers
Keywords
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; holmium; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; silicon compounds; 1.15 mum; 2 mum; 280 mW; Bragg grating; Ho3+ silica fibre laser; SiO2:Ho; fibre pump source; input coupler; output power; silica-based Ho3+ fibre laser; spectral region;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20000734
Filename
852171
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