• DocumentCode
    1574455
  • Title

    Thulium-doped fiber lasers: Providing eye-safer high power output

  • Author

    Christensen, Scott ; Frith, Gavin ; Samson, Bryce

  • Author_Institution
    Nufern, East Granby, CT
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    728
  • Lastpage
    729
  • Abstract
    Thulium-doped fiber lasers are beginning to demonstrate their potential for high power operation, and for many applications are emerging as the preferred technology. An overview of the technology is presented.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser beam applications; thulium; JkJk:Th; eye-safer output; high power operation; power scaling; thulium-doped fiber lasers; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688826
  • Filename
    4688826