• DocumentCode
    1772328
  • Title

    Superluminescent fiber laser source in the mid-infrared via dual-pumping

  • Author

    Hudson, Darren D. ; Iwanus, Nikolas ; Hu, Tomonori ; Jackson, Stuart D.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics & Opt. Sci., Univ. of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    By dual pumping the upper and lower laser level of the 5I65I7 transition (2.9 μm) of Ho3+ we demonstrate a power-scalable fiber laser that can be modulated between continuous wave lasing and superluminesence.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; holmium; laser transitions; optical modulation; optical pumping; superradiance; 5I65I7 transition; continuous wave lasing; dual pumping; laser modulation; lower laser level; power-scalable fiber laser; superluminescent fiber laser source; superluminesence; upper laser level; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical fiber devices; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989900