Title :
Tunable narrow linewidth high power erbium:ytterbium co-doped fiber laser
Author :
Sahu, J.K. ; Jeong, Y. ; Codemard, C. ; Nilsson, J. ; Mokhtar, M.R. ; Ibsen, M. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Payne, D.N.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We present a narrow linewidth cladding-pumped erbium:ytterbium co-doped large-core fiber laser with output power up to 70 W at 1560 nm, and tunable from 1550 to 1602 nm using a narrow-band fiber Bragg grating.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; erbium; fibre lasers; laser tuning; optical pumping; spectral line breadth; ytterbium; 1550 to 1602 nm; 70 W; cladding-pumped fiber laser; erbium:ytterbium codoped fiber laser; fiber Bragg grating; high power laser; large-core fiber laser; narrow linewidth fiber laser; narrow linewidth laser; narrow-band grating; tunable laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
