Title :
Cladding-Pumped Yb-Doped Solid Photonic Bandgap Fiber for ASE Suppression in Shorter Wavelength Region
Author :
Goto, R. ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Okada, Kenichi ; Kashiwagi, M. ; Kitabayashi, T. ; Tanigawa, S. ; Shima, Keisuke ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Himeno, K.
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate suppression of amplified spontaneous emission at 1030 nm in a cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped solid photonic bandgap fiber. This fiber should play an important role for a high power fiber laser lasing around 1180 nm.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical fibre cladding; photonic band gap; superradiance; ytterbium; ASE suppression; Jk:Yb; amplified spontaneous emission; cladding-pumped solid photonic bandgap fiber; high power fiber laser; shorter wavelength region; wavelength 1030 nm; wavelength 1180 nm; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Photonic bandgap fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Refractive index; Solid lasers; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528624
