Operation of cladding-pumped Yb <sup>3+</sup> -dopedsilica fibre lasers in 1µm region

Helen M. Pask, J.-L. Archambault, D.C. Hanna, L. Reekie, P. St. J. Russell, J.E. Townsend, A.C. Tropper

Electronics Letters · 1994 · 56 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Conversion efficiencies of up to 80% with respect to incident pump power are reported for 975nm pump light using cladding-pumped Yb-doped silica fibre lasers.

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