1083 NM YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER FOR OPTICAL-PUMPING OF HELIUM

Authors
CHERNIKOV SV TAYLOR JR PLATONOV NS GAPONTSEV VP NACHER PJ TASTEVIN G LEDUC M BARLOW MJ
Citation
Sv. Chernikov et al., 1083 NM YTTERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER FOR OPTICAL-PUMPING OF HELIUM, Electronics Letters, 33(9), 1997, pp. 787-789
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
787 - 789
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:9<787:1NYDFA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
A combination of a narrow linewidth, tunable DBR diode laser and high power ytterbium fibre amplifier in a master oscillator power fibre amp lifier (MOPFA) configuration is demonstrated for efficient optical pum ping of helium. A compact and efficient diode pumped prototype system is shown to compare favourably with alternative laser sources for prod uction of hyperpolarised He-3 using direct pumping for medical applica tion in MRI.