Title :
Efficient Tm:silica fiber laser pumped Ho:YAG lasers
Author :
Shen, D.Y. ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Cooper, I.J. ; Williams, R.B.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
Ho:YAG lasers employing standing-wave and ring cavity configurations have yielded 6.4 W of multi-axial-mode output and 3.7 W of single-axial-mode output at 2.1 /spl mu/m respectively for <9.6 W of incident pump power at /spl sim/1.9 /spl mu/m from a cladding-pumped Tm:silica fiber laser.
Keywords :
holmium; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical pumping; ring lasers; solid lasers; 2.1 mum; 3.7 W; 6.4 W; SiO/sub 2/:Tm; Tm-silica fiber laser; YAG:Ho; YAl5O12:Ho; cladding-pumped Tm:silica fiber laser; multiaxial-mode output; ring cavity configurations; single-axial-mode output; standing-wave;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
