Title :
Direct visible lasers by rare earth doped waterproof fluoro-aluminate fibers
Author :
Fujitomo, Y. ; Murakami, M. ; Nakanishi, J. ; Yamada, T. ; Ishii, O. ; Yamazaki, M.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
We have successfully drawn rare earth (Pr and Dy) doped waterproof fluoro-aluminate glass fibers at low loss (0.1~0.3 dB/m) and demonstrated visible laser oscillations pumped by a GaN-LD.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; dysprosium; fibre lasers; gallium compounds; glass fibres; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; praseodymium; semiconductor lasers; wide band gap semiconductors; GaN; GaN-LD; direct visible lasers; pumping; rare earth doped fluoro-aluminate fibers; visible laser oscillations; waterproof fluoro-aluminate glass fibers; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
