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
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