Title :
Nd3+-doped tellurite glass laser at 1.37 µm
Author :
Cankaya, Huseyin ; Sennaroglu, Alphan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Koc Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
We have demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge, lasing at 1.37 mum in a neodymium-doped tellurite glass host. The slope efficiency and emission cross section were determined to be 5.5% and 1.57 times 10-20 cm2, respectively.
Keywords :
emission; fibre lasers; glass fibres; neodymium; solid lasers; tellurium compounds; TeO2-WO3:Nd; emission cross section; glass laser; slope efficiency; tellurite glass; wavelength 1.37 mum; Absorption; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343355