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High-energy, high-power ytterbium-doped Q-switched fiber laser

High-energy, high-power ytterbium-doped Q-switched fiber laser
High-energy, high-power ytterbium-doped Q-switched fiber laser
We report on a Q-switched, cladding-pumped, ytterbium-doped large-mode-area fiber laser operating at 1090nm that is capable of generating 2.3mJ of output pulse energy at a 500Hz repetition rate and more than 5W of average output power at higher repetition rates in a high-brightness beam M2 = 3. Using a similar fiber with a smaller core, we generated 0.5 mJ pulses in a diffraction-limited beam. Our results represent a threefold increase in pulse energy over previously published values for Q-switched fiber lasers and firmly establish fiber lasers as compact, multiwatt, multi-millijoule pulse sources with large scope for both industrial and scientific applications.
0146-9592
37-39
Alvarez-Chavez, J.A.
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Offerhaus, H.L.
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Nilsson, J.
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Turner, P.W.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Alvarez-Chavez, J.A.
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Offerhaus, H.L.
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Nilsson, J.
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Turner, P.W.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Richardson, D.J.
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Alvarez-Chavez, J.A., Offerhaus, H.L., Nilsson, J., Turner, P.W., Clarkson, W.A. and Richardson, D.J. (2000) High-energy, high-power ytterbium-doped Q-switched fiber laser. Optics Letters, 25 (1), 37-39. (doi:10.1364/OL.25.000037).

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Abstract

We report on a Q-switched, cladding-pumped, ytterbium-doped large-mode-area fiber laser operating at 1090nm that is capable of generating 2.3mJ of output pulse energy at a 500Hz repetition rate and more than 5W of average output power at higher repetition rates in a high-brightness beam M2 = 3. Using a similar fiber with a smaller core, we generated 0.5 mJ pulses in a diffraction-limited beam. Our results represent a threefold increase in pulse energy over previously published values for Q-switched fiber lasers and firmly establish fiber lasers as compact, multiwatt, multi-millijoule pulse sources with large scope for both industrial and scientific applications.

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Published date: 2000
Organisations: Optoelectronics Research Centre

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Local EPrints ID: 13643
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/13643
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: a43b45cf-c3f2-4506-a1a6-0fd9e325de9d
ORCID for J. Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959
ORCID for D.J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058

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Date deposited: 31 Dec 2004
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:01

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Author: J.A. Alvarez-Chavez
Author: H.L. Offerhaus
Author: J. Nilsson ORCID iD
Author: P.W. Turner
Author: W.A. Clarkson
Author: D.J. Richardson ORCID iD

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