Characterization of diode-pumped single-frequency Er-Yb bulk microlasers at 1.55 μm

Author

Svelto, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf., Politecnico di Milano, Italy

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

78

Abstract

Technological developments and scientific achievements on diode-pumped single-frequency Er-Yb:glass lasers at 1.55 μm are presented. The high performance of these bulk solid-state lasers in terms of output power, laser slope efficiency, single longitudinal and transverse mode operation, amplitude and frequency stability, and wavelength tunability, are emphasized. Frequency stabilization against molecular or atomic lines is discussed in some detail since it opens the possibility for an accurate wavelength standard at 1.55 μm based on an alternative source to the traditional semiconductor laser diodes

Keywords

erbium; laser frequency stability; laser modes; laser tuning; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1.55 mum; amplitude stability; bulk solid-state lasers; diode-pumped single-frequency Er-Yb bulk microlasers; diode-pumped single-frequency Er-Yb:glass lasers; frequency stability; laser slope efficiency; output power; performance; single longitudinal mode operation; single transverse mode operation; wavelength standard; wavelength tunability; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Glass; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser radar; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Semiconductor diodes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and electronic engineers in israel, 2000. the 21st ieee convention of the

Conference_Location

Tel-Aviv

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5842-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EEEI.2000.924324

Filename

924324