980-nm diode-pumped power-scalable continuous wave mid-IR (2.7 /spl mu/m) fiber laser

Author

Poppe, E. ; Srinivasan, Bama ; Jain, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Electron., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Summary form only given. We describe a relatively efficient power-scalable mid-IR (2.7 /spl mu/m) Er/sup 3+/:ZBLAN fiber laser pumped by readily available 980-nm laser diodes. The 10 mW cw power levels demonstrated here are significantly higher than those reported previously from any Er/sup 3+/:ZBLAN diode-pumped mid-IR fiber laser, presumably because the high erbium concentrations (10000 ppm) used enable rapid depletion of the lower laser level through crossrelaxation processes.

Keywords

aluminium compounds; barium compounds; erbium; fibre lasers; infrared sources; lanthanum compounds; laser transitions; optical pumping; sodium compounds; zirconium compounds; 10 mW; 2.7 mum; 980 nm; Er/sup 3+/:ZBLAN diode-pumped mid-IR fiber laser; Er/sup 3+/:ZBLAN fiber laser; ZBLAN:Er; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Er; crossrelaxation processes; diode-pumped power-scalable continuous wave mid-IR fiber laser; efficient power-scalable lasers; high erbium concentrations; laser diode pumping; lower laser level; mW cw power levels; rapid depletion; Diodes; Distributed feedback devices; Extraterrestrial measurements; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Power lasers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675893

Filename

675893