• DocumentCode
    2240138
  • Title

    Highly efficient, high power, inband-pumped Erbium/Ytterbium-codoped fiber laser

  • Author

    Lim, Ee-Leong ; Alam, Shaif-ul ; Richardson, David J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A highly efficient (~80%), high power (18.45 W) in-band pumped Erbium/Ytterbium-codoped fiber laser is demonstrated. Based on a fitted simulation model, the detrimental effect of pair induced quenching in high power operation is also highlighted.
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre lasers; optical pumping; radiation quenching; ytterbium; detrimental effect; fitted simulation model; high power inband-pumped erbium-ytterbium codoped fiber laser; pair induced quenching; power 18.45 W; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950616