Title :
Highly ytterbium-doped phosphosilicate fibers for fiber lasers and amplifiers with high peak powers
Author :
Suzuki, Shigeru ; McKay, Hugh ; Peng, Xiang ; Fu, Libin ; Dong, Liang
Author_Institution :
IMRA America Incorporation, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Ytterbium-doped phosphosilicate fibers with phosphate-like characteristics, lifetime and doping-levels are demonstrated, offering significantly increased peak powers from shorter fiber amplifiers. Efficient fibers with up to 4700 dB/m peak absorption at 976 nm and low photo-darkening are demonstrated.
Keywords :
doping profiles; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical materials; phosphorus compounds; photochromism; silicon compounds; ytterbium; P2O5-SiO2:Yb; doping-level; high peak power laser; wavelength 976 nm; ytterbium-doped phosphosilicate fiber amplifier; ytterbium-doped phosphosilicate fiber laser characteristics; Absorption; Doped fiber amplifiers; Doping; Fiber lasers; Glass; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber testing; Power lasers; Silicon compounds; Ytterbium; (060.2280) Fiber design and fabrication; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
