230-mW diode-pumped single-frequency Er:Yb laser at 1.5 μm

Author

Taccheo, S. ; Sorbello, G. ; Laporta, P. ; Karlsson, G. ; Laurell, F.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Volume

13

Issue

1

fYear

2001

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

21

Abstract

We report on a diode-pumped Er:Yb laser able to generate a single-frequency output power in excess of 200 mW at both 1.53 μm and 1.56 μm and over 300 mW in multimode operation. The tuning characteristics of the source are reported and discussed. The relative intensity noise presents in all configurations a peak value lower than -92 dB/Hz and its level decreases below -160 dB/Hz for frequencies higher than 8 MHz.

Keywords

erbium; laser beams; laser modes; laser noise; laser tuning; optical glass; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1.5 mum; 1.53 mum; 1.54 mum; 200 mW; 230 mW; 300 mW; 8 mHz; Er,Yb doped glass laser; Er,Yb laser; diode-pumped laser; diode-pumped single-frequency Er,Yb laser; frequencies; multimode operation; peak value; relative intensity noise; single-frequency output power; source; tuning characteristics; Diodes; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser noise; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.903207

Filename

903207