MCVD Based Fabrication of Low-NA Fibers for High Power Fiber Laser Application

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1 January 2015

conference paper
Published by Optica Publishing Group

p. AM4A.2
DOI:10.1364/assl.2015.am4a.2

Abstract

The fabrication of Yb doped fibers with low-NA (0.04) for high-power fiber laser applications in the multi-kW class is presented and discussed. Laser tests with ~3 kW output power and excellent beam quality are demonstrated.

Keywords

FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION
FIBER PROPERTIES
LASERS
YTTERBIUM

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