• DocumentCode
    1249963
  • Title

    1083 nm ytterbium doped fibre amplifier for optical pumping of helium

  • Author

    Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Platonov, N.S. ; Gapontsev, V.P. ; Tastevin, G. ; Leduc, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Femtosecond Opt. Group, Imperial Coll., London
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    4/24/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    787
  • Lastpage
    789
  • Abstract
    A combination of a narrow linewidth, tunable DBR diode laser and high power ytterbium fibre amplifier in a master oscillator power fibre amplifier (MOPFA) configuration is demonstrated for efficient optical pumping of helium. A compact and efficient diode pumped prototype system is shown to compare favourably with alternative laser sources for production of hyperpolarised 3He using direct pumping for medical application in MRI
  • Keywords
    biomedical NMR; distributed Bragg reflector lasers; fibre lasers; helium; laser tuning; light sources; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; ytterbium; 1083 nm; He; MRI; Yb doped fibre amplifier; diode pumped prototype system; direct pumping; high power fibre amplifier; hyperpolarised 3He; laser sources; magnetic resonance imaging; master oscillator power fibre amplifier configuration; medical application; optical pumping; tunable DBR diode laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19970487
  • Filename
    590242
    • Link To Document
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