Title :
36-nm tunable, linearly polarized, single-frequency Er:Yb laser at 1.5 /spl mu/m
Author :
Taccheo, S. ; Laporta, P. ; Svelto, O.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
We report on a widely tunable, single-frequency, linearly-polarized Er:Yb:glass laser. A 36-nm tuning range, from 1528 to 1564 nm, is achieved with output power ranging from 1 mW to 8 mW. Wavelength tuning and polarization operations are simultaneously obtained by using a special polarizing etalon with anisotropic absorption losses.
Keywords :
erbium; laser frequency stability; laser transitions; laser tuning; light interferometers; light polarisation; optical glass; optical losses; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1 to 8 mW; 1528 to 1564 nm; Er:Yb:glass laser; anisotropic absorption losses; nm tunable linearly polarized single-frequency Er:Yb laser; output power; polarization operations; polarizing etalon; wavelength tuning; widely tunable;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
