Diode-laser-pumped operation of an Er3+-doped single-mode fibre laser
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- Author(s): L. Reekie 1 ; I.M. Jauncey 1 ; S.B. Poole 1 ; D.N. Payne 1
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Department of Electronics & Computer Science, Optical Fibre Group,
University of Southampton
, Southampton
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Department of Electronics & Computer Science, Optical Fibre Group,
University of Southampton
, Southampton
, UK
- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 23, Issue 20, 24 September 1987, p. 1076 – 1078, DOI: 10.1049/el:19870752, Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
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Published 21/07/2012
Abstract
We report the first operation of an Er3+-doped single-mode fibre laser operating around 1.6μm pumped by a CW AIGaAs diode laser. An output power of 130μW was obtained with a lasing threshold of 3 mW.
Inspec keywords: solid lasers; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; erbium; optical pumping
Other keywords: AlGaAs diode laser; Er3+ doped fibres; 3 mW; CW pumping laser; 130 muW; rare-earth doping; 1.6 micron; diode laser pumped operation; single-mode fibre laser
Subjects: Lasing action in other solids; Design of specific laser systems; Optical communication devices, equipment and systems; Optical communication; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Solid lasers; Fibre optics
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