Title :
Highly-efficient Nd:YAG crystal fiber laser
Author :
Lo, C.Y. ; Chou, T.S. ; Huang, P.L. ; Lee, L.M. ; Huang, S.L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Abstract :
Summary from only given. High quality gradient index crystal fibers were successfully grown by the laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG) technique. The distributed optical loss resulted mainly from the interface loss, which is estimated to be 0.3 cm/sup -1/. A laser output power of 80 mW was achieved with a slope efficiency of 28.9%.
Keywords :
crystal growth from melt; neodymium; optical fibre fabrication; solid lasers; 28.9 percent; 80 mW; Nd:YAG crystal fiber laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; distributed optical loss; high quality gradient index crystal fibers; interface loss; laser heated pedestal growth; laser output power; slope efficiency; Etching; Fiber lasers; Optical interferometry; Optical planar waveguides; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Planar waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033929
