Title :
High power neodymium-doped single transverse mode fibre laser
Author :
Po, H. ; Cao, J.D. ; Laliberte, B.M. ; Robinson, R.F. ; Tricca, R.R. ; Zhang, Yong Hong
Author_Institution :
Polaroid Corp., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A 5 W CW single transverse mode neodymium-doped fibre laser operating in the 1.06 mu m region is reported. The silica-based double clad fibre laser routinely achieves 51% slope efficiency when pumped at 807 nm by a fibre-coupled multimode laser diode bar pump source.<>
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser modes; neodymium; silicon compounds; 1.06 micron; 5 W; 51 percent; 807 nm; Nd/sup 3+/:silica; SiO/sub 2/:Nd/sup 3+/; bar pump source; double clad fibre; fibre laser; fibre-coupled multimode laser diode; single transverse mode; slope efficiency;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931000
