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Fiber-coupled microsphere laser

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Abstract

We demonstrate a 1.5µm-wavelength fiber laser formed by placement of glass microsphere resonators along a fiber taper. The fiber taper serves the dual purpose of transporting optical pump power into the spheres and extracting the resulting laser emission. A highly doped erbium:ytterbium phosphate glass was used to form microsphere resonant cavities with large gain at 1.5 µm. Laser threshold pump powers of 60 µW and fiber-coupled output powers as high as 3 µW with single-mode operation were obtained. A bisphere laser system consisting of two microspheres attached to a single fiber taper is also demonstrated.

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