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Nd:YLF pumped grating-feedback Er3+:Yb3+ co-doped silica fibre laser operating at 1.49 micron

Nd:YLF pumped grating-feedback Er3+:Yb3+ co-doped silica fibre laser operating at 1.49 micron
Nd:YLF pumped grating-feedback Er3+:Yb3+ co-doped silica fibre laser operating at 1.49 micron
We demonstrate for the first time a 1.49µm Er3+:Yb3+ co-doped silica fiber laser with fiber Bragg grating feedback, pumped with a diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser at 1.047µm, which can be used for remote pumping of EDFAs. We examine both the potential and limitations of this laser as a high power source and point out how an efficient, high power laser could be realized. The maximum demonstrated output power, 21mW, was limited by the cavity losses, by the strong ASE at the peak gain wavelength 1.535µm, and by a "bottleneck effect" in the energy transfer between ytterbium and erbium with a corresponding reduced pump absorption at higher pump powers. By overcoming these limitations an output power in excess of 500mW with 1W of pump power is predicted.
1068-5200
69-74
Kringlebotn, J.T.
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Archambault, J.L.
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Reekie, L.
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Laming, R.I.
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Payne, D.N.
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Kringlebotn, J.T.
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Archambault, J.L.
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Reekie, L.
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Laming, R.I.
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Payne, D.N.
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Kringlebotn, J.T., Archambault, J.L., Reekie, L., Laming, R.I. and Payne, D.N. (1996) Nd:YLF pumped grating-feedback Er3+:Yb3+ co-doped silica fibre laser operating at 1.49 micron. Optical Fiber Technology, 2 (1), 69-74. (doi:10.1006/ofte.1996.0006).

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Abstract

We demonstrate for the first time a 1.49µm Er3+:Yb3+ co-doped silica fiber laser with fiber Bragg grating feedback, pumped with a diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser at 1.047µm, which can be used for remote pumping of EDFAs. We examine both the potential and limitations of this laser as a high power source and point out how an efficient, high power laser could be realized. The maximum demonstrated output power, 21mW, was limited by the cavity losses, by the strong ASE at the peak gain wavelength 1.535µm, and by a "bottleneck effect" in the energy transfer between ytterbium and erbium with a corresponding reduced pump absorption at higher pump powers. By overcoming these limitations an output power in excess of 500mW with 1W of pump power is predicted.

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Published date: January 1996

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Local EPrints ID: 78132
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/78132
ISSN: 1068-5200
PURE UUID: 05694eb2-b4d3-40ad-9129-9a3a2a050c8a

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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 00:06

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Author: J.T. Kringlebotn
Author: J.L. Archambault
Author: L. Reekie
Author: R.I. Laming
Author: D.N. Payne

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