• DocumentCode
    3726257
  • Title

    Resonantly pumped amplification in a thulium-doped photonic crystal fiber

  • Author

    Alex Sincore;Lawrence Shah;Mateusz Wysmolek;Robert Ryan;Ali Abdulfattah;Martin Richardson

  • Author_Institution
    Townes Laser Institute, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, 4304 Scorpius Street, Orlando FL 32826
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Efficiencies <;50% are typical in large mode area, thulium-doped photonic crystal fibers when pumped at 790nm. These large thermal loads limit power scaling. In this work, we investigate resonant pumping and demonstrate slope efficiencies >64%.
  • Keywords
    "Optical fiber amplifiers","Optical fiber polarization","Optimized production technology","Laser excitation","Photonic crystal fibers","Couplings","Band-pass filters"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7376374
  • Filename
    7376374
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3726257