A 3.5 W 977 nm Cladding-pumped Jacketed Air-Clad Ytterbium-Doped Fiber Laser
Authors:
- K. H. Ylä-JarkkoKYK. H. Ylä-Jarkko
- R. SelvasRSR. Selvas
- D. B. S. SohDSD. B. S. Soh
- J. K. SahuJSJ. K. Sahu
- C. A. CodemardCCC. A. Codemard
- J. NilssonJNJ. Nilsson
- S. A. AlamSAS. A. Alam
- A. B. GrudininAGA. B. Grudinin
- 1 January 2003
- conference paper
- Published by Optica Publishing Group
- p. 103
Abstract
A cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped jacketed air clad fiber laser operating at 977 nm generates a record-breaking 3.5 W of output power in a nearly diffraction-limited output beam, with a slope efficiency of 42% and a threshold of 410 mW with respect to launched power.Keywords
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