Title :
Scaling up laser diode pumped mid-infrared fiber laser to 10-watt-level
Author :
Zhu, X.S. ; Jain, R.
Author_Institution :
Center for High Technol. Mater., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
The 10-Watt-level diode pumped erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber lasers at 2.7 μm under different ways of pumping are studied and analyzed through numerical simulations. Experiments on a fiber laser with output power of 5.4 W are described.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; lanthanum compounds; laser beams; numerical analysis; optical pumping; phosphorus; sodium compounds; zinc compounds; 10 W; 2.7 micron; 5.4 W; ZBLAN:Er; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Er; diode pumped erbium-doped ZBLAN fiber laser; laser diode pumped mid-infrared fiber laser; numerical simulation; optical pumping; Diode lasers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201885
