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Monolithic highly-efficient 272 W nested-ring structured-core thulium fibre laser at 1940 nm

Monolithic highly-efficient 272 W nested-ring structured-core thulium fibre laser at 1940 nm
Monolithic highly-efficient 272 W nested-ring structured-core thulium fibre laser at 1940 nm

A novel, to the best of our knowledge, thulium-doped silica fiber with a non-uniform core doping profile has been utilized to demonstrate a high-power monolithic laser oscillator system. The fiber laser achieved a continuous-wave (CW) output power of 272W at 1940nm with slope efficiencies of 68% and 71% with respect to launched and absorbed pump power, respectively. This novel Tm fiber design enabled the generation of the highest reported output power from a single-mode, small core (<15µm diameter) non-pedestal fiber. Moreover, the slope efficiency achieved is the maximum reported to date for a single-mode thulium fiber laser operating at >100 W output power level.

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Svejkar, Richard
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Buckthorpe, Martin P.
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Shardlow, Peter C.
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Clarkson, W. Andrew
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Svejkarova, Bara
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Shardlow, Peter C.
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Svejkar, Richard, Buckthorpe, Martin P., Svejkarova, Bara, Shardlow, Peter C. and Clarkson, W. Andrew (2025) Monolithic highly-efficient 272 W nested-ring structured-core thulium fibre laser at 1940 nm. Optics Letters, 50 (18), 5614-5617. (doi:10.1364/ol.566019).

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Abstract

A novel, to the best of our knowledge, thulium-doped silica fiber with a non-uniform core doping profile has been utilized to demonstrate a high-power monolithic laser oscillator system. The fiber laser achieved a continuous-wave (CW) output power of 272W at 1940nm with slope efficiencies of 68% and 71% with respect to launched and absorbed pump power, respectively. This novel Tm fiber design enabled the generation of the highest reported output power from a single-mode, small core (<15µm diameter) non-pedestal fiber. Moreover, the slope efficiency achieved is the maximum reported to date for a single-mode thulium fiber laser operating at >100 W output power level.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 June 2025
Published date: 4 September 2025

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Local EPrints ID: 505397
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/505397
ISSN: 0146-9592
PURE UUID: a67ace5e-63df-4509-9836-90bf01700f9d
ORCID for Richard Svejkar: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-2177
ORCID for Martin P. Buckthorpe: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0846-9685
ORCID for Peter C. Shardlow: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-0581

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Date deposited: 07 Oct 2025 17:02
Last modified: 08 Oct 2025 02:09

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Author: Richard Svejkar ORCID iD
Author: Martin P. Buckthorpe ORCID iD
Author: Bara Svejkarova
Author: Peter C. Shardlow ORCID iD
Author: W. Andrew Clarkson

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