CW diode-pumped operation of 1.97 μm thulium-doped fluorozirconate fibre laser
CW diode-pumped operation of 1.97 μm thulium-doped fluorozirconate fibre laser
- Author(s): J.N. Carter ; R.G. Smart ; D.C. Hanna ; A.C. Tropper
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19900394
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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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1: Department of Physics, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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1: Department of Physics, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Volume 26, Issue 9,
26 April 1990,
p.
599 – 601
DOI: 10.1049/el:19900394 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
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: fluoride glasses; zirconium compounds; thulium; solid lasers
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Subjects: Design of specific laser systems; Solid lasers; Lasing action in other solids; Glasses (engineering materials science)
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