Title :
Monolithic thulium-doped fiber laser with UV femtosecond-laser-induced fiber-Bragg-grating pair
Author :
Peterka, P. ; Honzatko, P. ; Becker, Matthias ; Todorov, F. ; Pisafik, M. ; Podrazky, O. ; Kasik, I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Electron., Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
In this paper, we present monolithic thulium-doped fiber laser (TDFL) emitting in the region around 2 μm. To our knowledge, this is the first rare-earth-doped fiber laser with a FBG pair written with deep UV femtosecond laser radiation.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; thulium; FBG pair; UV femtosecond-laser-induced fiber-Bragg-grating pair; deep UV femtosecond laser radiation; monolithic thulium-doped fiber laser; rare-earth-doped fiber laser; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber sensors; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0593-5
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6801398
