Title :
Highly efficient double-clad Yb-free Er-doped all-fiber laser and amplifier pumped at 976 nm
Author :
Kotov, Leonid V. ; Likhachev, Mikhail E. ; Bubnov, Mikhail M. ; Medvedkov, Oleg I. ; Lipatov, Denis S. ; Vechkanov, Nikolaj N. ; Guryanov, Alexej N.
Author_Institution :
Fiber Opt. Res. Center, Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Double-clad Yb-free Er-doped all-fiber laser and amplifier schemes based on novel P2O5-Al2O3-SiO2 glass matrix are demonstrated. A record slope efficiency of 40% with respect to the absorbed pump power at 976 nm was obtained.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; phosphorus compounds; silicon compounds; P2O5-Al2O3-SiO2; absorbed pump power; double-clad Yb-free Er-doped all-fiber laser; glass matrix; record slope efficiency; wavelength 976 nm; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power generation; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
