Title :
53.6 W, 1178 nm Yb-doped photonic bandgap fiber oscillator
Author :
Fan, Xinyan ; Chen, Meishin ; Shirakawa, Akira ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Olausson, Christina B. ; Broeng, Jes
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
Abstract :
We report an 1178nm fiber oscillator using Yb-doped solid-core photonic bandgap fiber in an all-fiber format. 53.6W output power is achieved with 53% slope efficiency. ASE and parasitic lasing in high-gain wavelength is effectively suppressed.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; photonic band gap; ytterbium; ASE; Yb-doped photonic bandgap fiber oscillator; high-gain wavelength; output power; parasitic lasing; power 53.6 W; slope efficiency; wavelength 1178 nm; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Oscillators; Photonic bandgap fibers; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
