Title :
Diode-laser-pumped Ti:Sapphire double-clad crystal fiber broadband light source
Author :
Hsu, Kuang-Yu ; Jheng, Dong-Yo ; Liao, Yi-Han ; Yang, Mu-Han ; Huang, Sheng-Lung
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Ti3+:Al2O3 double-clad crystal fiber was grown for the first time. Using a pump laser diode on a 51-µm-core fiber, 2.2 µW of collimated broadband output power was obtained. The coherence length is 1.38 µm.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Diodes; Laser excitation; Light sources; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Silicon compounds; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
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
