Erbium-doped microspherical lasers at 1.56 µm

Françoise Lissillour (1) , Patrice Féron (1) , Nicolas Dubreuil (1) , P. Dupriez (1) , Marcel Poulain (2) , G. M. Stéphan (1)

1 Laboratoire d'Optronique
2 Laboratoire des Matériaux Photoniques

Experimental results on the realisation and spectral characterisation of Er-ZBLAN microspherical lasers at 1.56 µm are presented. The laser effect is obtained using the properties of whispering gallery modes and pumping at 1.48 /µm. Multimode operation and a laser threshold as low as 600 µW have been observed.

Domains: Optics [physics.optics]

Françoise Lissillour, Patrice Féron, Nicolas Dubreuil, P. Dupriez, Marcel Poulain, et al.. Erbium-doped microspherical lasers at 1.56 µm. Electronics Letters, 2000, 36 (16), pp.1382-1384. ⟨10.1049/el:20001012⟩. ⟨hal-01575810⟩