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
fDate :
6/8/2000 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20000734
