Fiber Laser Sets a Record
Aug 1, 1997 — MURRAY HILL, N.J. -- A recent demonstration of optical fiber lasers with ultrahigh output powers could have implications for telecommunications, materials processing and medical applications, according to the scientists who developed the technology. In their report, researchers at Bell Labs-Lucent Technologies and Opto Power Corp. of Tucson, Ariz., showed that ytterbium-doped fiber cavities defined by two fiber Bragg gratings are efficient and versatile when lasing at 1065 or 1101 nm. Also, the...