• DocumentCode
    1657922
  • Title

    Tandem-pumped ytterbium-doped aluminosilicate fiber amplifier with low quantum defect

  • Author

    Yao, Tianfu ; Ji, Junhua ; Sahu, Jayanta K. ; Webb, Andrew S. ; Nilsson, Johan

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show theoretically that a quantum-defect below 1% is possible in tandem-pumped Yb-doped aluminosilicate fibers operating off the gain peak. Experimentally, we reach a quantum defect of 2% and a slope efficiency of 90% or more.
  • Keywords
    aluminosilicate glasses; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre theory; optical glass; optical pumping; ytterbium; Al2O3-SiO2:Yb; quantum defect; slope efficiency; tandem-pumped ytterbium-doped aluminosilicate fiber amplifier; Absorption; Fiber lasers; Gain; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325822
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1657922