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Tm:glass fiber laser pumping Ho:YAG and Ho:LuAG

Tm:glass fiber laser pumping Ho:YAG and Ho:LuAG
Tm:glass fiber laser pumping Ho:YAG and Ho:LuAG
Continuous Ho:YAG and HorLuAG lasers were pumped by a laser diode pumped Tm:glass fiber. Slope efficiencies achieved were comparable with the product of the fraction of the pump power absorbed and the quantum defect. This laser combines several important ingredients including: beam shaping of the laser diode bars for efficient coupling to the Tm:glass fiber, double clad fiber providing good pump absorption and beam quality, fiber laser output tunable to a Ho absorption peak, and long upper laser level lifetime in a laser material containing only Ho, thus minimizing any detrimental up conversion.
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Barnes, N.P.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Matera, V.
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Walsh, B.M.
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Barnes, N.P.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Matera, V.
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Walsh, B.M.
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Barnes, N.P., Clarkson, W.A., Hanna, D.C., Matera, V. and Walsh, B.M. (2001) Tm:glass fiber laser pumping Ho:YAG and Ho:LuAG. In Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. Postconference Technical Digest (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37170). IEEE.. (doi:10.1109/CLEO.2001.948132).

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Abstract

Continuous Ho:YAG and HorLuAG lasers were pumped by a laser diode pumped Tm:glass fiber. Slope efficiencies achieved were comparable with the product of the fraction of the pump power absorbed and the quantum defect. This laser combines several important ingredients including: beam shaping of the laser diode bars for efficient coupling to the Tm:glass fiber, double clad fiber providing good pump absorption and beam quality, fiber laser output tunable to a Ho absorption peak, and long upper laser level lifetime in a laser material containing only Ho, thus minimizing any detrimental up conversion.

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Published date: 2001
Venue - Dates: CLEO 2001: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, , Baltimore, United States, 2001-05-06 - 2001-05-11

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Local EPrints ID: 443414
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443414
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Date deposited: 24 Aug 2020 16:35
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 09:07

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Author: N.P. Barnes
Author: W.A. Clarkson
Author: D.C. Hanna
Author: V. Matera
Author: B.M. Walsh

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