A review of recent progress in holmium-doped silica fibre sources

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作者
Hemming, Alexander [1 ]
Simakov, Nikita [1 ]
Haub, John [1 ]
Carter, Adrian [2 ]
机构
[1] Def Sci & Technol Org, Cyber & Elect Warfare Div, Laser Technol Grp, Edinburgh, SA 5111, Australia
[2] Nufern Inc, East Granby, CT 06026 USA
关键词
Fibre lasers; Fibre amplifiers; Holmium; Pulsed; High power; HIGH-PULSE-ENERGY; HIGH-POWER; ALL-FIBER; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; PUMPED TM; LASER; MODE; OPERATION;
D O I
10.1016/j.yofte.2014.08.010
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper we present a review of holmium-doped silica fibre based sources. We discuss recent demonstrations of an efficient cladding-pumped fibre geometry and the impact it has made on the power scaling of these sources. We discuss the wavelength region that is addressable by holmium-doped silica based devices and highlight the advantage over thulium-doped fibres in terms of atmospheric transmission. Finally we review the development and current status of the pulsed and CW operation of holmium fibre sources and discuss the future development potential of sources in the ns-fs pulse-width range. Crown Copyright (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:621 / 630
页数:10
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