Furusawa, K.Sahu, J.Monro, T.Richardson, D.2010-07-202010-07-202003Proceedings Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) 2003; pp.763-76415575274822162-2701http://hdl.handle.net/2440/59486We report the first continuous wave operation of an erbium doped holey fiber laser with a slope efficiency as high as 57.3%, and with an absorbed pump power threshold as low as 0.55mW.en© 2003 Optical Society of AmericaConference paper002009625110.1109/CLEO.2003.129807635198