1.08-2.2-/spl mu/m supercontinuum generation from Yb/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser

Author

Chemikov, S.V. ; Zhu, Yujia ; Taylor, J.R. ; Platonov, N.S. ; Samartsev, I.E. ; Gapontsev, V.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

210

Abstract

Summary form only given. High-brightness supercontinuum sources are of interest for many applications in laser technology. Superfluorescence generation or wavelength conversion, e.g. parametric mixing and/or Raman scattering, are generally used in broadband sources. In the present paper, we report a novel passively Q-switched ytterbium-doped fiber laser generating a supercontinuum Raman spectrum.

Keywords

Q-switching; Raman lasers; Raman spectra; brightness; fibre lasers; infrared sources; laser transitions; optical frequency conversion; ytterbium; /spl mu/m supercontinuum generation; 1.08 to 2.2 mum; IR sources; Raman scattering; Yb/sup 3+/-doped fiber laser; broadband sources; high-brightness supercontinuum sources; laser technology; laser transitions; optical wavelength conversion; parametric mixing; passively Q-switched; supercontinuum Raman spectrum; superfluorescence generation; ytterbium-doped fiber laser; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fibers; Optical pulse generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Supercontinuum generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864574