Title :
Glass-clad Ti:Sapphire crystal fiber laser
Author :
Shih-Chang Wang ; Chun-Yang Hsu ; Dong-Yo Jheng ; Tuan-Shu Ho ; Yang ; Yaqin Xu ; Sheng-Lung Huang
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Photonics & Optoelectron., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Glass-clad Ti:sapphire crystal fibers were grown using the co-drawing laser-heated pedestal growth method. A laser threshold of less than 100 mW was achieved at room temperature with an a-cut-core diameter as small as 18 μm.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser materials processing; optical fibre cladding; optical glass; sapphire; titanium; co-drawing laser-heated pedestal growth method; glass-clad titanium:sapphire crystal fiber laser; room temperature; size 18 mum; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Crystals; Face; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optimized production technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
