Title :
Off-axis pumping of air clad photonic crystal fiber lasers and amplifiers
Author :
Shulga, B. ; Ishaaya, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Abstract :
We investigate a new, free space, off-axis pumping method for pumping PCF lasers and amplifiers. Experiments show that the lasing performance is improved compared to standard on-axis pumping, while maintaining all other advantages.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; holey fibres; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; photonic crystals; air clad photonic crystal fiber lasers; off-axis pumping method; photonic crystal fiber amplifiers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942907
