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
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600005
