Tellurite glass lasers operating close to 2μ m

Tellurite glass lasers operating close to 2μ m

Recent work in the area of Tm3+ and Ho3+‐doped tellurite fibre and bulk glass lasers operating close to 2 μ m is reviewed. Spectroscopic properties of these doped glasses are discussed as well as the relevant pump schemes and energy transfer processes involved. Results of continuous wave (CW) and Q‐...

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Veröffentlicht in:Laser physics letters 2010-03, Vol.7 (3), p.177-193
Hauptverfasser: Richards, B., Jha, A., Tsang, Y., Binks, D., Lousteau, J., Fusari, F., Lagatsky, A., Brown, C., Sibbett, W.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Exact sciences and technology
Fiber lasers
fibre
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
glass
holmium
Laser optical systems: design and operation
Lasers
Optics
Physics
Q-switching
tellurite
thulium
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Zusammenfassung:Recent work in the area of Tm3+ and Ho3+‐doped tellurite fibre and bulk glass lasers operating close to 2 μ m is reviewed. Spectroscopic properties of these doped glasses are discussed as well as the relevant pump schemes and energy transfer processes involved. Results of continuous wave (CW) and Q‐switched Tm3+ and Ho3+‐doped tellurite fibre lasers are then presented and discussed. Finally, the results of tellurite bulk glass laser experiments conducted to date are reported. (© 2010 by Astro Ltd., Published exclusively by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA)
ISSN:1612-2011
1612-202X
DOI:10.1002/lapl.200910131