Title :
Multi-color laser oscillation in a waterproof Pr3+-doped fluoro-aluminate glass fiber pumped by GaN laser diode
Author :
Fujimoto, Yasushi ; Ishii, Osamu ; Yamazaki, Masaaki
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Osaka, Japan
Abstract :
We successfully drew a Pr-doped optical fiber of a waterproof fluoro-aluminate glass in an AlF3-YF3-PbF2 system with low loss (0.1 dB/m) and demonstrated multi-color laser oscillation pumped by a 442.6-nm GaN laser diode.
Keywords :
Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Gallium nitride; Glass; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
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
