• DocumentCode
    499316
  • Title

    Recent advances in phosphate glass fiber lasers

  • Author

    Schülzgen, A. ; Li, L. ; Zhu, X. ; Albert, J. ; Peyghambarian, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Phosphate glasses are excellent host materials for lasers using rare-earth ion transitions. Combining highly-doped phosphate glasses and advanced fiber drawing techniques, we developed phosphate glass fiber lasers and will review recent advances in their performance.
  • Keywords
    drawing (mechanical); fibre lasers; glass fibres; optical fibre fabrication; optical glass; phosphate glasses; fiber drawing; phosphate glass fiber lasers; rare-earth ion transitions; Fiber lasers; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Optical fiber devices; Optical pumping; Particle beam optics; Pump lasers; Samarium; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5224396