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High power two-micron fibre lasers

High power two-micron fibre lasers
High power two-micron fibre lasers
A double-clad thulium-doped silica fibre laser, pumped by two beam-shaped diode-bars operating at 787-790nm, has yielded 14W of single-mode output at ~2nm, with a slope efficiency with respect to launched power of 46%. Using a tunable laser configuration, comprising an external cavity with a diffraction grating, a maximum output power of 10.5W at 1921nm has been obtained, and wavelength tuning at multi-watt power levels over 215nm from 1855 to 2070nm has been demonstrated. The prospects for further improvement in performance will be discussed. In addition, a simple approach for further scaling of power levels from fibre lasers in the two-micron regime, based on intracavity wavelength combining of multiple fibre lasers is described. In a preliminary demonstration, four cladding-pumped thulium-doped silica fibre lasers are wavelength-combined yielding an output power >14W. The prospects for further increase in output power via this approach will be discussed.
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Clarkson, William A.
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Abdolvand, A.
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Shen, D.Y.
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Hayward, R.A.
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Cooper, L.J.
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Williams, R.B.
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Nilsson, J.
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Abdolvand, A.
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Shen, D.Y.
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Hayward, R.A.
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Cooper, L.J.
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Williams, R.B.
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Clarkson, William A., Abdolvand, A., Shen, D.Y., Hayward, R.A., Cooper, L.J., Williams, R.B. and Nilsson, J. (2002) High power two-micron fibre lasers. XIV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, Wroclaw, Poland. 25 - 30 Aug 2002. (doi:10.1117/12.515806).

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Abstract

A double-clad thulium-doped silica fibre laser, pumped by two beam-shaped diode-bars operating at 787-790nm, has yielded 14W of single-mode output at ~2nm, with a slope efficiency with respect to launched power of 46%. Using a tunable laser configuration, comprising an external cavity with a diffraction grating, a maximum output power of 10.5W at 1921nm has been obtained, and wavelength tuning at multi-watt power levels over 215nm from 1855 to 2070nm has been demonstrated. The prospects for further improvement in performance will be discussed. In addition, a simple approach for further scaling of power levels from fibre lasers in the two-micron regime, based on intracavity wavelength combining of multiple fibre lasers is described. In a preliminary demonstration, four cladding-pumped thulium-doped silica fibre lasers are wavelength-combined yielding an output power >14W. The prospects for further increase in output power via this approach will be discussed.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 2002
Additional Information: (SPIE 5120)
Venue - Dates: XIV International Symposium on Gas Flow, Chemical Lasers, and High-Power Lasers, Wroclaw, Poland, 2002-08-25 - 2002-08-30

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Local EPrints ID: 13736
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/13736
ISBN: 0819449806
PURE UUID: 257ca0d0-9f42-4238-927e-bd06070dea32
ORCID for J. Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959

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Date deposited: 17 Jan 2005
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:01

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Author: A. Abdolvand
Author: D.Y. Shen
Author: R.A. Hayward
Author: L.J. Cooper
Author: R.B. Williams
Author: J. Nilsson ORCID iD

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