DocumentCode
521358
Title
Atmospheric transmission testing using a portable, tunable, high power thulium fiber laser system
Author
McComb, Timothy S. ; Sims, R. Andrew ; Willis, Christina C C ; Kadwani, Pankaj ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution
Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A narrow linewidth thulium fiber laser is tuned from 1945 – 2090 nm to investigate atmospheric transmission at 1 km. Results confirm simulations with high transmission >2025 nm and strong atmospheric absorption <1960 nm.
Keywords
Atmospheric waves; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Power lasers; Pump lasers; System testing; Tunable circuits and devices;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500975
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