DocumentCode :
2729592
Title :
Laser sources based on rare earth doped glasses: Recent strategies
Author :
Allegretti, L. ; Calò, G. ; Tommaso, A. Di ; Orazio, A.D. ; Sario, M. ; Gallo, Massimo ; Mescia, L. ; Palmisano, T. ; Petruzzelli, V. ; Prudenzano, F.
Author_Institution :
DIASS Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Ambiente e per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, Politec. di Bari, Taranto, Italy
fYear :
2009
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
5
Abstract :
Laser sources based on rare earth doped glasses are used in material processing, medical and surgical applications, remote sensing, spectroscopy, generation of ultrafast pulses, and so on. Fiber or planar waveguide laser sources are competitive with respect to other light sources, such as ion-doped crystal and bulk glass lasers, optical parametric oscillators, semiconductor and gas lasers for their high conversion efficiency, excellent beam quality, compactness of optical cavities, good heat dissipation capability. The paper illustrates a few recent strategies followed to obtain laser sources based on rare earth doped glasses, even with reference to the host materials and the dopants employed for their construction, and the corresponding applications. An example of NIR fiber optic laser fabrication is illustrated in detail.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; glass; bulk glass lasers; ion-doped crystal; optical parametric oscillators; planar waveguide laser sources; rare earth doped glasses; Biomedical optical imaging; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Glass; Materials processing; Optical pulse generation; Optical sensors; Semiconductor lasers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers; NIR fiber lasers; laser sources; rare earth doped glasses;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185175
Filename :
5185175
Link To Document :
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