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Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 micron wavelength range

Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 micron wavelength range
Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 micron wavelength range
A tunable high-power cladding-pumped neodymium-doped aluminosilicate fiber laser is demonstrated. The maximum power reached was 2.4 W with a slope efficiency of 41% and a threshold pump power of 1.68 W, both with respect to launched pump power, when cladding pumped by two 808 nm diode pump sources at both fiber ends. The dependence of the tuning range on the fiber length is investigated. The tuning range changed from 922 to 942 nm for a 25 m-long fiber to 908-938 nm with a 14 m-long fiber, because of reabsorption effects. The output linewidth was 0.26 nm in a diffraction-limited beam. Operation on the challenging 0.9 µm three-level transition in neodymium-doped double-clad fiber laser was facilitated by a W-type core refractive index profile. This filtered out the unwanted and competing strong transition at 1.06 µm while guidance of 0.9 µm remained intact.
neodymium, optical fiber lasers, waveguide filters
0018-9197
1275-1282
Soh, D.B.S.
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Yoo, Seongwoo
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Nilsson, J.
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Codemard, C.
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Dupriez, P.
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Kim, Jaesun
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Soh, D.B.S., Yoo, Seongwoo, Nilsson, J., Sahu, J.K., Oh, Kyunghwan, Baek, Seungin, Jeong, Yoonchan, Codemard, C., Dupriez, P., Kim, Jaesun and Philippov, V. (2004) Neodymium-doped cladding pumped aluminosilicate fiber laser tunable in the 0.9 micron wavelength range. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 40 (9), 1275-1282. (doi:10.1109/JQE.2004.833230).

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A tunable high-power cladding-pumped neodymium-doped aluminosilicate fiber laser is demonstrated. The maximum power reached was 2.4 W with a slope efficiency of 41% and a threshold pump power of 1.68 W, both with respect to launched pump power, when cladding pumped by two 808 nm diode pump sources at both fiber ends. The dependence of the tuning range on the fiber length is investigated. The tuning range changed from 922 to 942 nm for a 25 m-long fiber to 908-938 nm with a 14 m-long fiber, because of reabsorption effects. The output linewidth was 0.26 nm in a diffraction-limited beam. Operation on the challenging 0.9 µm three-level transition in neodymium-doped double-clad fiber laser was facilitated by a W-type core refractive index profile. This filtered out the unwanted and competing strong transition at 1.06 µm while guidance of 0.9 µm remained intact.

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Published date: 2004
Keywords: neodymium, optical fiber lasers, waveguide filters
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 21011
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/21011
ISSN: 0018-9197
PURE UUID: 1d1253bf-7876-4380-beb2-9a4e192c8473
ORCID for J. Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959
ORCID for J.K. Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152

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Date deposited: 07 Mar 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:20

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Author: D.B.S. Soh
Author: Seongwoo Yoo
Author: J. Nilsson ORCID iD
Author: J.K. Sahu ORCID iD
Author: Kyunghwan Oh
Author: Seungin Baek
Author: Yoonchan Jeong
Author: C. Codemard
Author: P. Dupriez
Author: Jaesun Kim
Author: V. Philippov

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