DocumentCode
689305
Title
A monolithic cladding pumped holmium-doped fibre laser
Author
Hemming, Alexander ; Simakov, N. ; Davidson, A. ; Bennetts, Shayne ; Hughes, Mike ; Carmody, Neil ; Davies, P. ; Corena, Len ; Stepanov, Dmitrii ; Haub, John ; Swain, R. ; Carter, Adam
Author_Institution
Electro-Opt. Technol. Group, Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA, Australia
fYear
2013
fDate
9-14 June 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a single-mode, monolithic holmium-doped silica fibre laser resonantly pumped by thulium-doped fibre lasers through a fused fibre pump combiner. We report the highest achieved output power for a holmium laser of 407 W.
Keywords
fibre lasers; holmium; laser modes; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; thulium; SiO2:Ho; fused fibre pump combiner; laser output power; monolithic cladding pumped holmium-doped fibre laser; power 407 W; single-mode silica fibre laser; thulium-doped fibre lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6833688
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