• DocumentCode
    2992554
  • Title

    High efficiency, all-fiber-integrated Mid-Infrared Super-Continuum Laser (MISCL)

  • Author

    Islam, Mohammed N.

  • Author_Institution
    Founder & Chief Technol. Officer, Omni Sci., Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-20 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    79
  • Lastpage
    80
  • Abstract
    A continuous spectrum covering ~1.9-4.5 microns with ~1.4W power beyond 3.8 microns (50% duty cycle) is generated in a Mid-Infrared Super-Continuum Laser. An optical conversion efficiency of ~9% is achieved from a thulium-doped power amplifier to the super-continuum.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; supercontinuum generation; thulium; MISCL; all-fiber-integrated mid-infrared super-continuum Laser; continuous spectrum; optical conversion efficiency; thulium-doped power amplifier; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Mathematical model; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5730-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000054
  • Filename
    6000054