Title :
Applications of rare-earth-doped fibres
Author :
Myslinski, P. ; Barnard, C. ; Pan, X. ; Wu, Q. ; Chrostowski, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Inf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Rare-earth-doped fiber lasers and their applications are reviewed. Erbium-doped fiber lasers operating around 1.55 μm and thulium-doped fiber lasers operating around 1.9 μm are described. Mode-locking, Q-switching, wavelength tuning, and narrow and broad linewidth operation are discussed. Presented applications of fiber lasers include lidar, remote sensing, coherent detection, and fiber gyroscope sources
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; fibre lasers; laser mode locking; thulium; 1.55 micron; 1.9 micron; broad linewidth operation; coherent detection; fiber gyroscope sources; fiber lasers; lidar; mode locking Q switching; narrow linewidth operation; rare-earth-doped fibres; remote sensing; wavelength tuning; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1993. IMTC/93. Conference Record., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Irvine, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1229-5
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1993.382633
