• DocumentCode
    733282
  • Title

    Yb3+-doped silica WGM milled microrod laser

  • Author

    Gorajoobi, Shahab Bakhtiari ; Murugan, Ganapathy Senthil ; Zervas, Michalis N.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A fast and versatile fabrication method for high Q milled microrod resonators, directly on rare-earth doped fibers, is demonstrated using a pulsed CO2 laser. Evanescently pumped WGM microlaser with ~9μW output power has been achieved.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; gas lasers; laser cavity resonators; micro-optics; optical fabrication; optical pumping; silicon compounds; whispering gallery modes; ytterbium; CO2; SiO2:Yb3+; Yb3+-doped silica WGM milled microrod laser; evanescently pumped WGM microlaser; fabrication method; high Q milled microrod resonator; power 9 muW; pulsed CO2 laser; rare-earth doped fibers; Microcavities; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183719