Resonantly pumped eyesafe erbium lasers

Resonantly pumped eyesafe erbium lasers

The viability of high-power and high-energy, direct eyesafe emission from bulk erbium lasers has recently been demonstrated. In this paper, we present a review of eyesafe erbium lasers that are resonantly pumped by both fiber and diode lasers. High brightness pumping with a 1.53-/spl mu/m erbium fib...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics 2005-05, Vol.11 (3), p.645-657
Hauptverfasser: Setzler, S.D., Francis, M.P., Young, Y.E., Konves, J.R., Chicklis, E.P.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Continuous wave
Diode lasers
Emission
Erbium
Erbium-doped fiber lasers
Fiber lasers
Laser excitation
laser resonators
Lasers
Optical pulses
Optical pumping
Power lasers
pulsed lasers
Pump lasers
Pumping
Quantum electronics
Resonance
Semiconductor lasers
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Zusammenfassung:The viability of high-power and high-energy, direct eyesafe emission from bulk erbium lasers has recently been demonstrated. In this paper, we present a review of eyesafe erbium lasers that are resonantly pumped by both fiber and diode lasers. High brightness pumping with a 1.53-/spl mu/m erbium fiber laser has yielded 60 W of continuous wave (CW) output, 10 W of repetitively Q-switched output, and as much as 16 mJ of pulse energy. Diode laser pumping has yielded 38 W of quasi-CW output and >40 mJ of Q-switched output.
ISSN:1077-260X
1558-4542
DOI:10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850249