• DocumentCode
    1677324
  • Title

    Cr4+:YAG single-crystal fiber laser widely tunable using birefringent filter

  • Author

    Ishibashi, Shigeo ; Naganuma, Kazunori

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A Cr4+:YAG single-crystal fiber CW laser with 180-nm tunablility using a birefringent filter was achieved, by means of a control of oscillation polarization by stress birefringence generated using fiber-holding blocks with designed grooves.
  • Keywords
    chromium; fibre lasers; laser tuning; mechanical birefringence; optical control; optical design techniques; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; yttrium compounds; YAG:Cr; birefringent filter; fiber-holding blocks; groove design; oscillation polarization; stress birefringence; tunable single-crystal fiber CW laser; wavelength 180 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326552