Title :
Blue, green, red fiber lasers based on Pr/Yb fluoride fibers
Author :
Baraniecki, T.P. ; Caspary, R. ; Kowalsky, W.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Technische Univ. Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
We report on ZBLAN fiber based praseodymium-ytterbium upconversion fiber lasers operating in the blue, green and red spectral region. We discuss advantages of the fiber laser and the operation of the upconversion lasers is described in detail. A red fiber laser running without external mirrors is presented, too. We show an unique experiment where laser parameters for many different lengths of the fiber are studied.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical wavelength conversion; praseodymium; ytterbium; Pr/Yb fluoride fibers; ZBLAN; ZBLAN:Pr; ZBLAN:Yb; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Pr; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Yb; blue fiber lasers; fiber lengths; green fiber lasers; laser parameters; praseodymium-ytterbium upconversion fiber lasers; red fiber lasers; Energy states; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Mirrors; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8343-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2004.1362005
