CW diode-pumped operation of 1.97 μm thulium-doped fluorozirconate fibre laser
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- Author(s): J.N. Carter 1 ; R.G. Smart 1 ; D.C. Hanna 1 ; A.C. Tropper 1
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Department of Physics,
University of Southampton
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- Source: Electronics Letters, Volume 26, Issue 9, 26 April 1990, p. 599 – 601, DOI: 10.1049/el:19900394, Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
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Published 22/07/2012
Abstract
Operation of a diode-pumped continuous-wave thulium-doped fibre laser on the 3H4 – 3H6 transition at ≃1.97 μm is reported. The absorbed pump power at threshold for a multimode fibre with 40 μm core diameter was measured to be ≃20 mW.
Inspec keywords: thulium; zirconium compounds; fluoride glasses; solid lasers
Other keywords: core diameter; operation; 3H4-3H6 transition; glass fibres; multimode fibre; CW diode-pumped operation; fibre laser; 1.97 micron; 40 micron; absorbed pump power; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF-PbF2 fibres; 20 mW; ZBLANP fibre
Subjects: Glasses (engineering materials science); Design of specific laser systems; Lasing action in other solids; Solid lasers
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