47 W continuous-wave 1726 nm thulium fiber laser core-pumped by an erbium fiber laser
47 W continuous-wave 1726 nm thulium fiber laser core-pumped by an erbium fiber laser
High power, short-wavelength operation of a thulium-doped silica fiber laser at 1726 nm has been demonstrated in a core-pumped monolithic (all-fiber) resonator configuration, in-band pumped by a high power erbium-only fiber laser operating at 1580 nm. The thulium fiber laser yielded 46.7 W in a single-spatial-mode output beam for 65 W absorbed pump power. The corresponding slope efficiency with respect to absorbed pump power of 79.8% compares favorably with the theoretical maximum (Stokes) efficiency of 91.5%. The prospects for further scaling of single-mode power in this wavelength regime to >100 W are considered, as well as the potential applications for high power lasers operating in this difficult-to-reach wavelength band.
Thulium, erbium, fibre, Fibre laser, continuous, core-pumping, fiber, fiber Bragg gratings, LASER
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Burns, Mark
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Shardlow, Peter
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Jefferson-Brain, Thomas, Lewis
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Barua, Pranabesh
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Clarkson, William
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1 November 2019
Burns, Mark
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Shardlow, Peter
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Jefferson-Brain, Thomas, Lewis
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Barua, Pranabesh
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Sahu, Jayanta
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Clarkson, William
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Burns, Mark, Shardlow, Peter, Jefferson-Brain, Thomas, Lewis, Barua, Pranabesh, Sahu, Jayanta and Clarkson, William
(2019)
47 W continuous-wave 1726 nm thulium fiber laser core-pumped by an erbium fiber laser.
Optics Letters, 44 (21), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.44.005230).
Abstract
High power, short-wavelength operation of a thulium-doped silica fiber laser at 1726 nm has been demonstrated in a core-pumped monolithic (all-fiber) resonator configuration, in-band pumped by a high power erbium-only fiber laser operating at 1580 nm. The thulium fiber laser yielded 46.7 W in a single-spatial-mode output beam for 65 W absorbed pump power. The corresponding slope efficiency with respect to absorbed pump power of 79.8% compares favorably with the theoretical maximum (Stokes) efficiency of 91.5%. The prospects for further scaling of single-mode power in this wavelength regime to >100 W are considered, as well as the potential applications for high power lasers operating in this difficult-to-reach wavelength band.
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47 W continuous-wave 1726 nm thulium fiber laser core-pumped by an erbium fiber laser
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In preparation date: 28 May 2019
Accepted/In Press date: 10 September 2019
Published date: 1 November 2019
Keywords:
Thulium, erbium, fibre, Fibre laser, continuous, core-pumping, fiber, fiber Bragg gratings, LASER
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Local EPrints ID: 431386
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/431386
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: 128ea5d3-139f-4c50-8350-021183b86779
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Date deposited: 31 May 2019 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 04:09
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