Title :
3.4 W Ho3+, Pr3+ co-doped fluoride fibre laser
Author :
Crawford, Stephanie ; Hudson, Darren D. ; Jackson, Stuart D.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
A maximum output power of 3.4 W, generated at 20.9 % efficiency, was obtained from a Ho3+, Pr3+-co-doped ZBLAN fibre laser pumped at 1150 nm by a Raman fibre laser and pumped by a tunable Yb3+ fibre laser.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; holmium; lanthanum compounds; laser tuning; optical pumping; praseodymium; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; Ho3+,Pr3+ co-doped fluoride fibre laser; Ho3+,Pr3+-co-doped ZBLAN fibre laser; Raman fibre laser; ZBLAN:Ho3+,Pr3+; maximum output power; power 3.4 W; tunable Yb3+ fibre laser; wavelength 1150 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser applications; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA