• 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