Accession Number:

AD1064059

Title:

Single-crystal fiber lasers

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Oct 2012,31 Dec 2017

Corporate Author:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick United States

Personal Author(s):

• Harrington,James A.

Report Date:

2018-04-18

Pagination or Media Count:

45.0

Abstract:

Essentially all fiber lasers in use today are made of glass. These glass structures normally involve a double-clad structure in which the core glass has been doped with a variety of rare-earth ions notably ytterbium which yields ytterbium-doped fiber lasers YDFL. Yet there are some limitations to power scaling of glass fiberlasers which result from laser induced damage to the small cores, nonlinear effects such as stimulated Brillouin scattering SBS, and thermal loading.

Descriptors:

• laser induced fluorescence
• optical absorption
• emission spectra
• diffusion coefficient
• reflection
• single crystals
• scattering
• laser beams
• glass fibers
• fiber optics
• laser applications

Subject Categories:

• Optics
• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE