Advances in Fiber Lasers
Abstract
Most of the time of this contract has been devoted toward improvements in optical fiber lasers and toward gathering experience to improve our program in high power, cladding pumped optical fiber lasers. The Laboratory for Lightwave Technology has served as a focus for the fabrication of specialty fibers not only for industry, but for various governmental laboratories such as the Phillips Laboratory, and the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. In addition, through cooperative research with faculty at other universities, we have been in a position to supply novel rare earth doped fiber lasers. We were able to show that by doping a silica fiber with Nd and Er ions, and by simultaneously pumping with 800 nm radiation (to invert the Nd ions) and with 980 am radiation (to invert the Er ions) it was possible to obtain lasing at both 1,060 am and 1537 am.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 30, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA380043
Entities
People
- T. F. Morse
Organizations
- Brown University