Title :
Ultra-wideband tunable RGB fiber laser
Author :
Okamoto, H. ; Kasuga, K. ; Hara, I. ; Kubota, Y.
Author_Institution :
Chem. Res. Center, Central Glass Co., Ltd., Kawagoe, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated over 100-nm RGB tunable laser operation (479-497, 515-546, 597-650 nm) using a single 9-cm Pr3+-doped ZBLAN fiber pumped by a GaN-LD. The optimized laser cavity at 635 nm realized slope efficiency of 0.69.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical pumping; praseodymium; ZBLANJk:Pr3+; efficiency 0.69 percent; laser cavity; laser slope efficiency; optical pumping; ultrawideband tunable RGB fiber laser; wavelength 479 nm to 497 nm; wavelength 515 nm to 546 nm; wavelength 597 nm to 650 nm; Chemical lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Power generation; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; Ultra wideband technology; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
