A 1.55µm Er glass laser pumped by a 1.06µm Nd:YAG laser
Hanna, D.C., Kazer, A. and Shepherd, D.P. (1987) A 1.55µm Er glass laser pumped by a 1.06µm Nd:YAG laser. Optics Communications, 63, (6), 417-420. (doi:10.1016/0030-4018(87)90337-3).
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Description/Abstract
The current interest in optical communication systems operating around 1.5µm has generated a requirement for coherent sources in this spectral region. Given the variety of measurements and investigations to which such sources would be applied, there is a need for a convenient versatile source, capable of operating cw, pulsed, mode-locked and Q-switched. With such a source in mind; we have looked at the possibilities of an Er glass laser pumped by a Nd:YAG laser. In this paper we report the preliminary results of lasing at 1.54µm from a commercially available Er glass rod pumped by a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. The performance data indicate that cw lasing using a cw Nd:YAG laser should also be possible, and that a fibre laser based on this same glass should have a very low threshold, compatible with pumping by a diode-pumped miniature Nd:YAG laser.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0030-4018 (print) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > Optoelectronics Research Centre |
| Item ID: | 78715 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 14:59 |
| Contributors: | Hanna, D.C. (Author) Kazer, A. (Author) Shepherd, D.P. (Author) |
| Date: | 1987 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78715 |
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