• DocumentCode
    2680509
  • Title

    High-efficiency 2-μm Tm-Ho-codoped silica fiber laser pumped at 1212 nm

  • Author

    Kuwayama, T. ; Taniguchi, Ayako ; Hoehl, A. ; Bisson, Jean-Francois ; Shirakawa, Akira ; Ueda, Kazunori

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Laser Sci., Electro-Commun. Univ., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    15-19 Dec. 2003
  • Abstract
    An efficient high-power Tm-Ho-codoped silica fiber laser pumped by a 1212-nm RFL by using a 2030-nm FBG is reported. More than 1 W output power is obtained. By using a 1823-nm FBG, efficient high-power laser operation at 1823 nm, arising from Tm3+ ion emission, is also demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; holmium; optical pumping; thulium; 1212 nm; 1823 nm; 2 mum; 2030 nm; FBG; SiO2:Tm,Ho; Tm-Ho-codoped silica fiber laser; Tm3+ ion emission; high-power laser operation; Absorption; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Physics; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7766-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1276983
  • Filename
    1276983