Fiber-laser-pumped Cr/sup 4+/:Ca/sub 2/GeO/sub 4/ laser

Author

Evans, J.M. ; Petricevic, V. ; Bykov, A.B. ; Alfano, Robert R.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Ultrafast Spectrosc. & Lasers, City Coll. of New York, NY, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

70

Abstract

Summary form only given. There is considerable interest in the development of all-solid-state, near-infrared tunable lasers for applications in the scientific and medical fields. Tunable laser operation of Cunyite (Cr/sup 4+/:Ca/sub 2/GeO/sub 4/) was first demonstrated with potential tunability in the 1.3-1.6-/spl mu/m range. Recently an all-solid-state cw Cunyite laser was reported that utilized a 1-W MOPA semiconductor diode device as the pump source. This paper describes the operation of an all-solid-state Cunyite laser pumped by a double-clad fiber laser.

Keywords

chromium; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.3 to 1.6 micron; CW Cunyite laser; Ca/sub 2/GeO/sub 4/:Cr; Cr/sup 4+/:Ca/sub 2/GeO/sub 4/ laser; all-solid-state lasers; double-clad fiber laser; fiber-laser-pumped; laser resonator; near diffraction-limited output; near-infrared tunable lasers; slope efficiency; Chemicals; Chromium; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Filters; Frequency; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Photodiodes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.675878

Filename

675878