• 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