DocumentCode
3054406
Title
Design of resonantly side-pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG crystal fiber lasers with grating couplers
Author
Shiuan-Li Lin ; Yin-Wen Lee ; Kuang-Yu Hsu ; Chieh-Wei Huang ; Sheng-Lung Huang
Author_Institution
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
fYear
2013
fDate
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We investigate the resonantly side-pumped 1645-nm Er:YAG crystal fiber laser utilizing a gold-embedded grating coupler. The 91.5% pump coupling efficiency and 73% laser slope efficiency can be achieved in a 18-cm double-clad crystal fiber laser.
Keywords
diffraction gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; gold; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; Au; Er:YAG crystal fiber lasers; YAG:Er; double-clad crystal fiber laser; efficiency 73 percent; efficiency 91.5 percent; gold-embedded grating coupler; resonantly side-pumped fiber lasers; size 18 cm; wavelength 1645 nm; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Gratings; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
Kyoto
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600005
Filename
6600005
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