Recently, with the escalating demands for optical communication, the need to use broadband laser light sources in optical communication network system has increased. Henceforward, the broadband characteristes of Cr4+:YAG crystal fiber possess signifies its indispensability. Furthermore, Yb3+:YAG-silica also has its advantages in high power laser domain.
In this thesis, the crystal fiber grown by the laser heated pedestal growth method is used as the laser gain medium with fused silica packaging technique. Cr4+:YAG double-clad crystal fiber with a core diameter as small as 11 £gm was achieved. Moreover, a Yb3+:YAG-silica layer was formed due to the strong inter-diffusion between silica capillary and Yb3+:YAG crystal. When the silica all diffused into the Yb3+:YAG, a Yb3+:YAG-silica fiber with 125-£gm core was obtained with waveguide structure. By directly coating the optical thin films onto the end faces of the two types of fibers, the laser configuration is compact and cost effective. Besides, heat dissipation is also improved. By Cu-Al alloy packaging, a record-low Cr4+:YAG double-clad crystal fiber laser was achieved with threshold of 0.75 mW and a record-high slope efficiency of 6.9% at room temperature. And we also successfully fabricate the Yb3+:YAG-silica fiber laser with low threshold (100 mW) and high efficiency (67.2%) at room temperature.
In fiber laser development, we have successfully fabricated the coating of high-reflective thin films which match the faces of fiber heterostructure (single cladding and double cladding structures). It forms a cavity with anti-reflectivity for pumping wavelength and high-reflectivity for lasing wavelength. For these reasons, low threshold, high slope efficiency, and stable laser output have been achieved. Finally, through different thin-film designs, the strain effect between thin film and heterosubstrate is significantly reduced, which facilitates the realization of high performance fiber lasers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0703108-174537 |
| Date | 03 July 2008 |
| Creators | Ji, Kuan-Dong |
| Contributors | Yen-Sheng Lin, Jui-Yun Yi, Jausheng Wang, Wood-Hi Cheng, Sheng-Lung Huang |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0703108-174537 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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