Title :
Tunable laser in the green, red and near IR by frequency mixing of a dual wavelength Er/Yb co-doped fiber laser
Author :
Boullet, Johan ; Lavoute, Laure ; Couderc, Vincent ; Desfarges-Berthelemot, Agnès ; Kermêne, Vincent ; Roy, Philippe ; Dussardier, Bernard
Author_Institution :
IRCOM, Limoges
Abstract :
We report a tunable laser source emitting in the visible (530 nm, 630 nm) and the near infrared (775 nm, 1060 nm, and 1550 nm) regions by frequency summation of a dual wavelength Er/Yb co-doped fiber laser.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; ytterbium; JkJk:Er,Yb; dual wavelength codoped fiber laser; frequency mixing; frequency summation; near infrared regions; tunable laser source; visible regions; wavelength 1060 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 530 nm; wavelength 630 nm; wavelength 775 nm; Bandwidth; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Mirrors; Optical fiber devices; Pump lasers; Refractive index; Solid lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; (140.3410) Laser resonators; (140.3510) Fiber lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627898
