• DocumentCode
    1772323
  • Title

    Wavelength-swept Tm-doped fiber lasers

  • Author

    Tokurakawa, M. ; Daniel, J.M.O. ; Chenug, C.S. ; Liang, Hongjing ; Clarkson, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Wavelength-swept operation of cladding-pumped and core-pumped thulium-doped fiber lasers using a novel intracavity rotating disk wavelength-scanning arrangement is reported. Scanning ranges from 1905-2049nm (for cladding pumping) and 1768-1956nm (for core pumping) were obtained.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser cavity resonators; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; optical rotation; thulium; cladding-pumped thulium-doped fiber lasers; core-pumped thulium-doped fiber lasers; intracavity rotating disk wavelength-scanning arrangement; wavelength 1768 nm to 1956 nm; wavelength 1905 nm to 2049 nm; wavelength-swept thulium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989896