Theoretical modeling of ho-doped fiber lasers pumped by laser-diodes around 1.125 μ m

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3235-3240

  Huang, Chongyuan ^a   Tang, Yulong ^a   Wang, Shengli ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Zheng, Jun ^a   Xu, Jianqiu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Holmium; modeling; numerical analysis; optical fiber lasers; solid lasers

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MEDIA; CROSSRELAXATION; DOPING CONCENTRATION; ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESS; ENERGY TRANSFER UPCONVERSION; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; LASER PERFORMANCE; OUTPUT COUPLING; OUTPUT POWER; PUMP WAVELENGTH; RE-ABSORPTION; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; THEORETICAL MODELING; THEORETICAL MODELS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FIBER LASERS; HOLMIUM; MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

PUMPING (LASER);

EID: 84867849695     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2211568     Document Type: Article

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