DocumentCode
161723
Title
High power holmium fiber lasers
Author
Simakov, N. ; Hemming, Alexander ; Haub, John ; Carter, Adam
Author_Institution
Cyber & Electron. Warfare Div., Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ., Edinburgh, SA, Australia
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Sources based on resonantly cladding pumped holmium-doped fibres have been demonstrated at >400 W CW or with pulse energies of >2 mJ. We review the enabling technologies, and discuss the challenges associated with high power operation of fibre lasers at 2.1 μm.
Keywords
fibre lasers; holmium; high power holmium fiber lasers; high power operation; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fibers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Silicon compounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964229
Filename
6964229
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