High-power broadly tunable Ho/sup 3+/-doped silica fibre laser |
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Authors: | Jackson S.D. Li Y. |
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Affiliation: | Opt. Fibre Technol. Centre, Univ. of Sydney, NSW, Australia; |
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Abstract: | Tuning of the 2.1 /spl mu/m Ho/sup 3+/-doped silica fibre laser is demonstrated for the first time. The /sup 5/I/sub 7//spl rarr//sup 5/I/sub 8/ transition provides tuning over 144 nm, from 2019 to 2163 nm, and a maximum pump-limited output power of 1.58 W at 2100 nm was produced. |
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