High-power cw bismuth fiber laser: first results and prospects
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Dianov, E. M.; Shubin, A. V.; Melkumov, M. A.; Medvedkov, O. I.; Bufetov, I. A.
- Source
- OFC/NFOEC 2007 - 2007 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on. :1-3 Mar, 2007
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Bismuth
Fiber lasers
Pump lasers
Power lasers
Glass
Laser excitation
Fiber gratings
Bragg gratings
Luminescence
Laser beam cutting
- Language
CW lasing of Bi-doped fiber lasers in a wavelength range of 1150-1215 nm with output power up to 15W has been obtained for the first time. The unsaturable optical losses in Bi-doped fibers have been revealed.