Title :
Continuous-wave oscillation of a monomode ytterbium-doped fibre laser
Author :
Hanna, D.C. ; Percival, R.M. ; Perry, I.R. ; Smart, R.G. ; Suni, P.J.M. ; Townsend, J.E. ; Tropper, A.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
The authors investigate a ytterbium doped fibre laser which provides a very `clean´ system (i.e. free from excited state absorption. Apart from the energy levels around 11000 cm-1 there are no other levels until the ultra-violet). The ytterbium fibre laser should offer a good system on which to test some of the basic physics of fibre lasers. In addition it offers 3-level, 4-level and quasi 3-level laser transitions. They describe the characteristics of a ytterbium-doped, silica based, monomode fibre laser operating at discrete wavelengths in the range 1035 nm to 1076 nm
Keywords :
fibre optics; laser transitions; optical fibres; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1035 to 1076 nm; 3-level laser transitions; 4-level laser transitions; monomode fibre laser; quasi 3-level laser transitions;
Conference_Titel :
All-Fibre Devices, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
