Title :
Single-frequency and mode-locked Er/Yb co-doped waveguide lasers
Author :
Callicoatt, Berton E. ; Schlager, John B. ; Silverman, Kevin L. ; Hickernell, Robert K. ; Mirin, Richard P. ; Sanford, Norman A. ; Hayden, Joseph S. ; Conzone, Sam ; Simpson, Rob
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Rare-earth-doped waveguide lasers have seen a significant increase in commercial and research interest over the last decade both in single-frequency and pulsed laser designs. This is due primarily to the higher doping concentrations of active ions in rare-earth-doped bulk glasses relative to rare-earth-doped fiber devices. Higher dopant concentrations allow for laser operation at decreased cavity length, which improves mode stability. We present results using Er,Yb co-doped waveguides in cw narrow-linewidth and mode-locked lasers
Keywords :
erbium; laser cavity resonators; laser frequency stability; laser mode locking; optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; waveguide lasers; ytterbium; Er/Yb co-doped waveguide lasers; active ions; cw narrow-linewidth lasers; decreased cavity length; dopant concentrations; doping concentrations; laser operation; mode stability; mode-locked lasers; optical communications equipment; pulsed laser; rare-earth-doped bulk glasses; rare-earth-doped waveguide lasers; single-frequency laser; single-frequency lasers; Doping; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser mode locking; Laser stability; Optical design; Optical fiber devices; Optical pulses; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7105-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2001.968946
