• DocumentCode
    773443
  • Title

    CW diode-pumped operation of 1.97 mu m thulium-doped fluorozirconate fibre laser

  • Author

    Carter, John N. ; Hanna, D.C. ; Tropper, A.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Southampton Univ., UK
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    4/26/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    599
  • Lastpage
    601
  • Abstract
    Operation of a diode-pumped continuous-wave thulium-doped fibre laser on the 3H4-3H6 transition at equivalent to 1.97 mu m is reported. The absorbed pump power at threshold for a multimode fibre with 40 mu m core diameter was measured to be equivalent to 20 mW.
  • Keywords
    fluoride glasses; solid lasers; thulium; zirconium compounds; 1.97 micron; 20 mW; 40 micron; 3H 4- 3H 6 transition; CW diode-pumped operation; ZBLANP fibre; ZrF 4-BaF 2-LaF 3-AlF 3-NaF-PbF 2 fibres; absorbed pump power; core diameter; fibre laser; glass fibres; multimode fibre; operation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19900394
  • Filename
    48779