Directly pumped ho3+-doped microspheres lasing at \mu m

Angzhen Li, Meng Zhang, Xin Wang, Shunbin Wang, Bingang Guo, Elfed Lewis, Pengfei Wang

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Abstract

Directly pumped single-mode and multimode Ho3+-doped sol-gel silica microspheres lasing at 2.0~\mu \text{m} are observed, when an 1150-nm fiber Raman laser pump is used in a conventional microfiber-microsphere coupling method. Experimental results show single-mode output at 2~\mu \text{m} as well as the characteristic whispering-gallery-mode (WGM). By adjusting the taper contact position on the microsphere, we achieved switching between single-mode and multimode laser operations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8756067
Pages (from-to)1366-1368
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume31
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2019

Keywords

  • Laser
  • microcavities
  • whispering gallery modes

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