Title :
Fabrication and characterization of fiber waveguides from single-crystal Er3+-Doped YAG
Author :
Dreyer, E.F.C. ; Stagg, L. ; Trembath-Reichert, S. ; Hoef, C. ; Nie, C.D. ; Harrington, J.A. ; Rand, S.C.
Author_Institution :
EECS Dept., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
Rod-in-tube preforms and laser heated pedestal growthwere used successfully to fabricate graded-index Erbium doped YAG fibers suitable for low-loss waveguides in laser gain or power delivery applications.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; gradient index optics; laser materials processing; optical fibre fabrication; optical losses; YAG:Er; fiber waveguide fabrication; graded-index erbium doped YAG fibers; laser gain; laser heated pedestal growth; low-loss waveguides; power delivery applications; rod-in-tube preforms; single-crystal Er3+-doped YAG; Crystals; Erbium; Fluorescence; Glass; Optical fibers; Preforms; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
