CLADDING-PUMPED QUASI 3-LEVEL FIBER LASER/AMPLIFIER
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    发明公开
    CLADDING-PUMPED QUASI 3-LEVEL FIBER LASER/AMPLIFIER 审中-公开
    COAT泵浦准三能级光纤激光器/放大器

    公开(公告)号:EP1685631A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-08-02

    申请号:EP04810646.2

    申请日:2004-11-08

    IPC分类号: H01S3/067

    摘要: An optically active fiber (30) is disclosed for making a fiber laser (18) or an amplifier (16) for optically pumping by a broad area laser diode for operation in the 1.5 micron band. This double-clad structured active fiber (30) has a core (34), doped with an optically excitable erbium ion having a quasi-three-level transition. The core (34) has a core refractive index and a core cross-sectional area. An inner cladding (32) surrounds the core (34). The inner cladding (32) has an inner cladding refractive index less than the core refractive index, an inner cladding cross-sectional area between 2 and 25 times greater than that of the core cross-sectional area, and an aspect ratio greater than 1.5:1. An outer cladding (36) surrounds the inner cladding (32) and has an outer cladding refractive index less than the inner cladding refractive index.