Dual wavelength (3 μm and 2 μm) CW cascade oscillation of a holmium-doped double-clad fiber laser

Author

Sumiyoshi, Tetsumi ; Sekita, Hitoshi

Author_Institution

Opto-Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

534

Abstract

A fiber laser configuration provides a high-quality laser beam at high pump-power and it generates and transports the infrared laser power in the same medium, making it very attractive for medical applications. This paper describes a demonstration of dual wavelength (3 μm and 2 μm) CW cascade oscillation of an 890 nm-Ti:Sapphire laser pumped Ho ³⁺ doped fluorozirconate (ZBLAN) double-clad fiber laser. The double-clad fiber structure is employed for homogeneous pumping along the long laser medium and its large aperture at the fiber end allows a high power multi-mode laser diode to be used as a pump source for increasing the output power in the future

Keywords

fibre lasers; holmium; laser transitions; optical pumping; 2 micron; 3 micron; Ho³⁺ doped ZBLAN; Ti:sapphire laser pumping; ZBLAN:Ho; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Ho; dual wavelength CW cascade oscillation; high power multimode laser diode pumping; holmium-doped fluorozirconate double-clad fiber laser; homogeneous pumping; infrared laser beam; medical application; Apertures; Biomedical equipment; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Medical services; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645555

Filename

645555