Near and medium infrared fiber optic lasers and applications

Author

Allegretti, L. ; Calo, G. ; Orazio, A.D. ; Sario, M.D. ; Mescia, L. ; Palmisano, T. ; Petruzzelli, V. ; Prudenzano, F.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Ambiente e per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, Politec. di Bari, Bari

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

22-26 June 2008

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

213

Abstract

The demand for efficient optical active devices operating in the near and medium infrared wavelength ranges is originated from different needs. This wavelength band is of strong interest in a number of applications as remote sensing, sensors, optical communication, medical and military technology. The paper is a review on the NIR and MID-IR fiber NIR, also with reference to the host materials and the dopants employed for their construction, and the corresponding applications. An example of MID-IR fiber optic laser design is mentioned.

Keywords

fibre lasers; infrared sources; optical design techniques; MID-IR; NIR; fiber optic laser; laser design; medium infrared fiber optic lasers; near infrared fiber optic lasers; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Laser applications; Military communication; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Remote sensing; chalcogenide glasses; fiber optic lasers; infrared lasers; optical properties; rare earth dopants;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2008. ICTON 2008. 10th Anniversary International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2625-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2626-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2008.4598409

Filename

4598409