From sh_alavi@yorku.ca Fri Nov 22 17:24:11 2002 Return-Path: Received: from trellis.ccs.yorku.ca (trellis.ccs.yorku.ca [130.63.236.167]) by helios.physics.utoronto.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA10441467 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:24:11 -0500 (EST) From: sh_alavi@yorku.ca Received: from trellis.ccs.yorku.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by trellis.ccs.yorku.ca (8.12.5/8.12.5/Debian-1) with ESMTP id gAMMOQcq016527 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:24:26 -0500 Received: (from www-data@localhost) by trellis.ccs.yorku.ca (8.12.5/8.12.5/Debian-1) id gAMMOQPD016525 for aephraim@physics.utoronto.ca; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:24:26 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: trellis.ccs.yorku.ca: www-data set sender to sh_alavi@yorku.ca using -f Received: from 130.63.82.120 ( [130.63.82.120]) as user sh_alavi@mymailpost.yorku.ca by mymail.yorku.ca with HTTP; Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:24:26 -0500 Message-ID: <1038003866.3ddeae9a9a2db@mymail.yorku.ca> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:24:26 -0500 To: Aephraim Steinberg Subject: Abstract MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.1 Status: R Dear Professor Steinberg: Today, I just found that you couldn't get my abstract.I am sorry for this delay. Thanks Shahla The feasibility of a new concept of laser that benefits from a CW diode- pumped solid-state laser with an intracavity fiber BRAGG grating as the output coupler is going to be discussed. Solid state lasers (including bulk doped crystals or glasses) have many applications. They can deliver high- peak- power up to gigawatt level and a wide range of emission wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the mid-infrared range. For many applications, such as telecommunications, spectroscopy, or medicine, it is also interesting to have a fibered output laser beam. Although fiber lasers make this property possible, they are still limited in their range of emission wavelength, compared with solid-state lasers. A solution to benefit from both fiber and crystal lasers is to associate a crystal as the laser medium and the fiber as part of the cavity. Reference: Continuous-wave diode-pumped solid-state laser with an intracavity fiber Bragg grating, Applied Optics/ Vol.41, No. 30 / 20 October 2002