Efficient 2.96 micron dysprosium-doped ZBLAN fibre laser pumped at 1.3 micron

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6190, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tsang, Yuen H ^a   El Taher, Atalla E ^a   King, Terence A ^a   Chang, Kuang Po ^a   Jackson, Stuart D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dy; Dysprosium; Fiber fibre laser; Fluoride; Infrared; Raman scattering; ZBLAN

Indexed keywords

CAVITY REFLECTIVITIES; LASING THRESHOLD; RAMAN STOKES SHIFT; ZBLAN FIBRE LASERS;

ABSORPTION; BANDWIDTH; DYSPROSIUM; INFRARED RADIATION; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33749566587     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.666892     Document Type: Conference Paper

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