ION-EXCHANGED ER YB WAVE-GUIDE LASER AT 1.5-MU-M PUMPED BY LASER-DIODE/

Authors
ROMAN JE CAMY P HEMPSTEAD M BROCKLESBY WS NOUH S BEGUIN A LERMINIAUX C WILKINSON JS
Citation
Je. Roman et al., ION-EXCHANGED ER YB WAVE-GUIDE LASER AT 1.5-MU-M PUMPED BY LASER-DIODE/, Electronics Letters, 31(16), 1995, pp. 1345-1346
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
16
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1345 - 1346
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:16<1345:IEYWLA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A diode-pumped planar Er/Yb waveguide laser is demonstrated. The devic e was fabricated by thallium exchange in a phosphorus-free silicate gl ass. Lasing was achieved at 1544 nm with a threshold of 5 mW and a slo pe efficiency of 2%. The low threshold indicates the absence of the se vere backtransfer effects previously reported in Er/Yb bulk laser sili cate glasses.