• 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