The use of an Yb3+-fibre host laser when intracavity pumping a distributed feedback erbium fibre laser is demonstrated. Compared with direct 980 nm pumping of the same DFB laser, a three-fold increase in output power is obtained.
Intracavity pumping for increased output power from a distributed feedback erbium fibre laser
1996-06-20
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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