DocumentCode
841809
Title
Pulsed laser emission at 2.3 μm in a thulium-doped fluorozirconate fibre
Author
Esterowitz, L. ; Allen, R. ; Aggarwal, I.
Author_Institution
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Volume
24
Issue
17
fYear
1988
fDate
8/18/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1104
Abstract
Reports for the first time laser emission at 2.3 μm from a thulium-doped fluorozirconate fibre pumped by a pulsed alexandrite laser at 0.786 μm. Threshold occurs at 25 μJ incident on the focusing lens. This wavelength is in the 2-3 μm ultra-low loss region of fluorozirconate fibres. Further improvement is expected to result in Cw operation using diode laser pumping
Keywords
fibre optics; laser transitions; optical communication equipment; optical glass; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; zirconium compounds; 0.786 micron; 2.3 micron; 25 muJ; laser emission; pulsed alexandrite laser; room temperature operation; ultra-low-loss fibre optical communication; wavelength;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
191765
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