DocumentCode
733881
Title
Resonantly pumped amplification in a thulium-doped large mode area photonic crystal fiber
Author
Sincore, Alex ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Martin C.
Author_Institution
Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate resonantly pumped amplification in a thulium-doped photonic crystal fiber. This enables greatly increased efficiencies compared to 795nm or 1550nm pumping and is attractive for pulsed amplification.
Keywords
holey fibres; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; photonic crystals; thulium; optical pumping; pulsed amplification; resonantly pumped amplification; thulium-doped large mode area photonic crystal fiber; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 795 nm; Diffraction; Diffraction gratings; Laser excitation; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Power amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7184324
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