Microstructured Active Phosphate Glass Fibers for Fiber Lasers

In this paper, we report on progress in design and fabrication of microstructured fibers made of phosphate glasses. The combination of microstructured large core fibers and very high solubility of rare-earth ions leads to improved performance of compact fiber lasers with single-frequency emission at...

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Published inJournal of lightwave technology Vol. 27; no. 11; pp. 1734 - 1740
Main Authors Schulzgen, A., Li Li, Xiushan Zhu, Temyanko, V.L., Peyghambarian, N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.06.2009
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Birefringence
Dielectrics
Emission
Fiber lasers
Fibers
Glass
Nonlinear optics
Optical design
Optical device fabrication
Optical fiber devices
optical fiber fabrication
optical fiber lasers
optical fiber materials
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fibers
Optical materials
Phosphate glass
Photonic crystal fibers
Rare earth metals
Solubility
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Summary:In this paper, we report on progress in design and fabrication of microstructured fibers made of phosphate glasses. The combination of microstructured large core fibers and very high solubility of rare-earth ions leads to improved performance of compact fiber lasers with single-frequency emission at power levels above 2 W. Microstructure-induced birefringence in active phosphate fibers is also demonstrated as well as the possibility of birefringence due to subwavelength dielectric structures inside the fiber core.
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ISSN:0733-8724
1558-2213
DOI:10.1109/JLT.2009.2022476