A 40% slope efficiency 790nm pumped 1.9 micrometre Tm3+: ZBLAN directly-written waveguide laser

dc.contributor.authorLancaster, D.
dc.contributor.authorGross, S.
dc.contributor.authorEbendorff-Heidepriem, H.
dc.contributor.authorKuan, K.
dc.contributor.authorMonro, T.
dc.contributor.authorFuerbach, A.
dc.contributor.authorWhitford, M.
dc.contributor.conferenceCLEO/Europe-EQEC (2011 : Munich, Germany)
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractWe report a thulium ZBLAN buried waveguide laser which produces 40mW at 1880nm and has a measured M^2 of 1.6. The waveguide structure is a depressed cladding written using a direct-write fs laser.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityD. Lancaster, S. Gross, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, K. Kuan, T. Monro, A. Fuerbach, and M. Withford
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIIth European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO®/Europe-EQEC), held in Munich, Germany 22-26 May 2011.
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943179
dc.identifier.isbn9781457705335
dc.identifier.orcidEbendorff-Heidepriem, H. [0000-0002-4877-7770]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/64341
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIEEE
dc.publisher.placeUS
dc.rightsCopyright status unknown
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943179
dc.subjectlaser beams
dc.subjectoptical glass
dc.subjectoptical pumping
dc.subjectsolid lasers
dc.subjectthulium
dc.subjectwaveguide lasers
dc.subjectZBLAN direct-write waveguide laser
dc.subjectZBLAN glass slab
dc.subjectcladding waveguide laser
dc.subjectdepressed cladding waveguides
dc.subjectpower 40 mW
dc.subjectpump power
dc.subjectslope efficiency
dc.titleA 40% slope efficiency 790nm pumped 1.9 micrometre Tm3+: ZBLAN directly-written waveguide laser
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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