Side-pumped fiber laser

被引:37
作者
Weber, T
Luthy, W
Weber, HP
机构
[1] Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern
来源
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1996年 / 63卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1007/BF01095262
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A neodymium-doped side-pumped double-clad fiber laser operating at 1.06 mu m is described. We report here, what is, to our knowledge, the first exclusively repetitive side-pumping scheme with two monomode laser diodes. Side-pumping has been realized by prism-fiber couplers. A pump-light-loss analysis at the pump positions has been performed. An output power of 13.5 mW is obtained with both diode lasers. The highest slope efficiency of 66% with respect to absorbed pump power at 809 nm is achieved when pumping with only one diode.
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页数:4
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