• DocumentCode
    1779470
  • Title

    Three-wavelength Tm3+:ZBLAN fiber laser and its applications in water detection

  • Author

    Chenglai Jia ; Ramaswamy, Kishor ; Chen, Lawrence ; MacLean, Amy G. ; Andrews, Nicholas L. P. ; Saunders, John ; Barnes, Jack A. ; Loock, Hans-Peter ; Saad, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    479
  • Lastpage
    480
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a three-wavelength Tm3+:ZBLAN fiber laser emitting simultaneously at 1460 nm, 1503 nm, and 1873 nm and its application in single-pass absorption measurements for detecting and quantifying water concentration in acetone.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser beams; remote sensing by laser beam; thulium; ZBLAN:Tm; acetone; single-pass absorption measurements; three-wavelength fiber laser; water concentration; water detection; wavelength 1460 nm to 1873 nm; Bragg gratings; Fiber lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995457
  • Filename
    6995457