THULIUM-DOPED TERBIUM SENSITIZED CW FLUORIDE FIBER LASER OPERATING ONTHE 1.47-MU-M TRANSITION

Authors
PERCIVAL RM SZEBESTA D DAVEY ST
Citation
Rm. Percival et al., THULIUM-DOPED TERBIUM SENSITIZED CW FLUORIDE FIBER LASER OPERATING ONTHE 1.47-MU-M TRANSITION, Electronics Letters, 29(12), 1993, pp. 1054-1056
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1054 - 1056
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:12<1054:TTSCFF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Results are presented, for the first time, regarding the spectroscopy and the laser performance of a fluorozirconate fibre codoped with thul ium and terbium (0.1 % : 1 %). This doping scheme relies on concentrat ion induced cross-relaxation effects to relieve population bottlenecke d in Tm H-3(4) to Tb F-7(0). A minimum threshold of 5.5 mW and a maxim um slope efficiency of 16% with respect to launched pump power has bee n observed for operation on the 1-47 mum transition.