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Progress towards development of efficient Bi-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers

Progress towards development of efficient Bi-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers
Progress towards development of efficient Bi-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers
Development of lasers and amplifiers in new wavelength regions have been the research interest for decades. Bi-doped fibers paved the way to develop lasers and amplifiers in 1150-1500nm wavelength range owing to its broad luminescence characteristics. Bi-doped aluminosilicate, phosphosilicate and germanosilicate fibers have shown luminescence around 1150nm, 1300nm and 1450nm respectively. Here, we present the fabrication of Bi-doped fibers with aluminosilicate and phosphosilicate hosts by the MCVD-solution doping technique. These fibers were characterised for absorption and unsaturable loss. The obtained results were used to select appropriate pump wavelength for laser and amplifier development. A Bi-doped aluminosilicate fiber amplifier has been demonstrated with a maximum gain of 8dB at 1180nm. In addition, a 22mW Bi-doped phosphosilicate fiber laser operating at 1360nm has been reported with a laser efficiency of 11% by direct diode pumping at 1267nm.
Thipparapu, Naresh Kumar
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Jain, Saurabh
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Umnikov, Andrey
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Barua, Pranabesh
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Thipparapu, Naresh Kumar
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Jain, Saurabh
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Umnikov, Andrey
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Barua, Pranabesh
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Thipparapu, Naresh Kumar, Jain, Saurabh, Umnikov, Andrey, Barua, Pranabesh and Sahu, Jayanta (2015) Progress towards development of efficient Bi-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers. Siegman Intenational School on Lasers, Amberg, Germany. 02 - 07 Aug 2015.

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Abstract

Development of lasers and amplifiers in new wavelength regions have been the research interest for decades. Bi-doped fibers paved the way to develop lasers and amplifiers in 1150-1500nm wavelength range owing to its broad luminescence characteristics. Bi-doped aluminosilicate, phosphosilicate and germanosilicate fibers have shown luminescence around 1150nm, 1300nm and 1450nm respectively. Here, we present the fabrication of Bi-doped fibers with aluminosilicate and phosphosilicate hosts by the MCVD-solution doping technique. These fibers were characterised for absorption and unsaturable loss. The obtained results were used to select appropriate pump wavelength for laser and amplifier development. A Bi-doped aluminosilicate fiber amplifier has been demonstrated with a maximum gain of 8dB at 1180nm. In addition, a 22mW Bi-doped phosphosilicate fiber laser operating at 1360nm has been reported with a laser efficiency of 11% by direct diode pumping at 1267nm.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2 August 2015
Venue - Dates: Siegman Intenational School on Lasers, Amberg, Germany, 2015-08-02 - 2015-08-07
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 383762
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/383762
PURE UUID: d0489ffb-1a7d-428a-bef8-ad249fe4f053
ORCID for Naresh Kumar Thipparapu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5153-4737
ORCID for Andrey Umnikov: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6006-5410
ORCID for Jayanta Sahu: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6152

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Date deposited: 19 Nov 2015 12:20
Last modified: 07 Feb 2023 02:43

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Author: Naresh Kumar Thipparapu ORCID iD
Author: Saurabh Jain
Author: Andrey Umnikov ORCID iD
Author: Pranabesh Barua
Author: Jayanta Sahu ORCID iD

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