Holmium-doped optical fibers for efficient fiber lasers

M. Kamrádek; I. Kašík; J. Aubrecht; J. Mrázek; O. Podrazký; J. Cajzl; P. Varák; V. Kubeček; P. Peterka; P. Honzátko

doi:10.1117/12.2559176

1 April 2020 Holmium-doped optical fibers for efficient fiber lasers

M. Kamrádek, I. Kašík, J. Aubrecht, J. Mrázek, O. Podrazký, J. Cajzl, P. Varák, V. Kubeček, P. Peterka, P. Honzátko

Proceedings Volume 11355, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres VI; 113550C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559176
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2020, Online Only

Abstract

Holmium-doped silica-based optical fibers belong to intensively studied materials for fiber laser sources operating around 2.1 μm. In this contribution, we deal with silica-based optical fibers doped with holmium and aluminum oxide. The fibers were prepared by the modified chemical vapor deposition method combined either with a solution doping or a nanoparticle doping. A large set of fibers with various dopant concentrations was characterized related to their fluorescence lifetime, laser threshold and slope efficiency. The best-performance fibers exhibited a fluorescence lifetime longer than 1 ms, a laser threshold under 200 mW and a slope efficiency around 80%. These characteristics are discussed regarding the doping method and dopant concentrations.

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M. Kamrádek, I. Kašík, J. Aubrecht, J. Mrázek, O. Podrazký, J. Cajzl, P. Varák, V. Kubeček, P. Peterka, and P. Honzátko "Holmium-doped optical fibers for efficient fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 11355, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres VI, 113550C (1 April 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2559176

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