Tuneable operation of core and cladding pumped holmium fibre lasers

Author

Simakov, N. ; Hemming, Alexander ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Carter, Adam ; Haub, John

Author_Institution

Electron. Warfare & Radar Div., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

12-16 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Holmium fibre lasers are required for remote sensing, LIDAR and some medical applications. In comparison to thulium fibre lasers, the holmium emission provides efficient access to the 2070 nm-2150 nm wavelength range [1, 2]. We present the first report of the tuneable range of a resonantly, cladding pumped holmium fibre laser. This is compared to the tuning range of a core pumped holmium doped fibre.

Keywords

fibre lasers; holmium; laser applications in medicine; laser tuning; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; thulium; LIDAR; Tm; cladding pumped holmium fibre lasers; core pumped holmium doped fibre laser; holmium emission; medical applications; remote sensing; thulium fibre lasers; tuneable operation; tuning range; wavelength 2070 nm to 2150 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0593-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801301

Filename

6801301