Title :
High-power diode pumped upconversion fibre laser in red and green spectral range
Author :
Zellmer, H. ; Riedel, P. ; Kempe, M. ; Tünnermann, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany
fDate :
10/10/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A praseodymium-ytterbium-doped multimode upconversion ZBLAN fibre laser pumped with high brightness multimode diodes at 850 nm is demonstrated. With a pump power of 6.5 W, an output power >2 W at 635 nm and 0.3 W at 520 nm has been achieved.
Keywords :
aluminium compounds; barium compounds; fibre lasers; fluoride glasses; lanthanum compounds; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; praseodymium; sodium compounds; ytterbium; zirconium compounds; 0.3 W; 2 W; 520 nm; 6.5 W; 635 nm; 850 nm; Pr,Yb:ZBLAN fibre laser; ZBLAN:Pr,Yb; ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF:Pr,Yb; diode pumped upconversion fibre laser; green spectral range; high brightness multimode diodes; high-power LDs; multimode upconversion fibre laser; red spectral range;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020876
