RARE-EARTH-DOPED CHALCOGENIDE GLASS-FIBER LASER

Authors
SCHWEIZER T SAMSON BN MOORE RC HEWAK DW PAYNE DN
Citation
T. Schweizer et al., RARE-EARTH-DOPED CHALCOGENIDE GLASS-FIBER LASER, Electronics Letters, 33(5), 1997, pp. 414-416
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
414 - 416
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:5<414:RCGL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Thr first laser action in a rare-earth doped chalcogenide glass fibre is reported. Laser action at 1080nm was obtained in a 22mm long galliu m lanthanum sulphide glass fibre with a neodymium doped core, fabricat ed by the rod-in-tube technique. The laser was pumped continuous wave with a Ti:sapphire laser at 815nm and showed a self-pulsing behaviour.