1988•Unpublished venueRequires access
ERBIUM FIBER LASER AMPLIFIER AT 1.55μm WITH PUMP AT 1.49μm AMD Yb SENSITIZED Er OSCILLATOR
E. Snitzer, Hong Po, F. Hakimi, Richard P. Tumminelli, B.C. McCollum
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Abstract
The first erbium glass lasers at 1.54μm were made from alkali, alkaline earth silicates with ytterbium added as a sensitizer.1 They were used primarily as Q-switched oscillators for eye safe range finders.2,3 With the demonstration of CW fiber lasers doped with Nd in low loss glass,4 there followed considerable activity with CW fiber lasers with the rare earths that had lased.