Title :
Demonstration of ≫ 8 Watt output from laser diode pumped mid-infrared fiber lasers
Author :
Zhu, XS ; Jain, R.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Abstract :
10-Watt-level diode pumped erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers at 2.7 mum were demonstrated. 8 W output was obtained by dual-end pumping a piece of 4 m 60,000 ppm heavily erbium-doped double-clad fiber.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; ZBLAN:Er; diode pumped erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers; dual-end pumping; heavily erbium-doped double-clad fiber; power 10 W; power 8 W; size 4 m; watt-level output; wavelength 2.7 mum; Collimators; Diode lasers; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber sensors; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.3070) Infrared and far-infrared lasers; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber;
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.2006.4628764
