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1-W CW Tm-doped fluoride fibre laser at 1.47μm
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1993
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Optical MaterialsEngineeringLaser ScienceLaser ApplicationsSuper-intense LasersFiber LasersUpconversion Pump SchemeHigh-power LasersOptical PropertiesYag LaserFiber LaserOptical PumpingPhotonicsFiber OpticActive FibersHigh-energy LasersPump SourceLasersFibre Amplifier
A 1W CW Tm-doped fluoride fibre laser operating at 1.47 μm and using an upconversion pump scheme is demonstrated. The pump source is an LD pumped Nd : YAG laser operating at 1.064μm. The threshold and slope efficiency are 175mW and 29%, respectively. Tunable operation from 1.445 to 1.51μm is observed.