Title :
Functional glass and applications in fiber lasers and fiber optics
Author :
Peyghambarian, N. ; Kieu, Khan ; Zhu, Xinen ; Chavez, Alexa ; Temyanko, V. ; Nagel, J. ; Schulzgen, Axel ; Albert, J. ; Dianov, Evgeny M. ; Bubnov, M.M. ; Likhachev, M.E. ; Dobler, J.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. Sci., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Phosphate, telluride, and fluoride glasses allow new fiber laser frequencies. Some nonlinear effects including optical parametric oscillators (OPO), SRS and SBS extend the operating wavelengths while others like SBS prevent high power operation. Our recent advances will be summarized.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; optical glass; optical parametric oscillators; phosphate glasses; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering; OPO; SBS; SRS; fiber lasers; fiber optics; fluoride glasses; functional glass; high power operation; nonlinear effects; operating wavelengths; optical parametric oscillators; phosphate glasses; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stimulated Raman scattering; telluride glasses; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964239
