• DocumentCode
    1186134
  • Title

    11.7 mW green InGaAs-laser-pumped erbium fibre laser

  • Author

    Piehler, D. ; Craven, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Uniphase Lasers, San Jose, CA
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    10/13/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1759
  • Lastpage
    1761
  • Abstract
    A room-temperature erbium-doped fluoride glass upconversion fibre laser generated 11.7 mW of 544 nm continuous-wave laser light when pumped by a 150 mW, 971 nm InGaAs semiconductor laser. A similar laser system, enclosed in a compact (432 cm3) package produced 4 mW of green laser light. A long time-constant hysteresis effect in the excitation mechanism, as well as active electronic noise reduction are discussed
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; optical pumping; 11.7 mW; 4 mW; 544 nm; InGaAs; InGaAs semiconductor laser pumping; active electronic noise reduction; compact package; continuous-wave laser light; excitation; green laser light; hysteresis effect; room-temperature erbium-doped fluoride glass upconversion fibre laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19941185
  • Filename
    328555