Ytterbium-doped 2D Solid Core Photonic Bandgap fiber for laser operation at 980 nm
Conference: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
09/16/2007 - 09/20/2007 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: ECOC 2007
Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Bigot, L.; Pureur, V.; Quiquempois, Y.; Bouwmans, G. (PhLAM-IRCICA, Universit des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 50 av. Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, BP70478, 59658 Villeneuve dAscq cedex, France)
Jaouen, Y. (Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, Departement Communications & Electronique - Groupe Telecommunications Optiques, 46 rue Barrault 75634 Paris, France)
Abstract:
We report on the fabrication and characterization of an ytterbium-doped Solid Core Photonic Bandgap Fiber. The bandgap losses introduced on the wavelength range above 1000 nm are used to favour laser gain at 977 nm.