DocumentCode
1772547
Title
Near diffraction-Limited, 811W, single-frequency photonic crystal fiber amplifier
Author
Pulford, Benjamin ; Dajani, Iyad ; Robin, Craig
Author_Institution
Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
An acoustic and gain tailored Yb-doped polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber is used to demonstrate 811W single-frequency output power with near diffraction-limited beam quality; the highest power ever reported from a near diffraction-limited single-frequency fiber laser.
Keywords
holey fibres; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; ytterbium; acoustic tailored Yb-doped polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber; gain tailored Yb-doped polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber; near diffraction-limited beam quality; near diffraction-limited photonic crystal fiber amplifier; near diffraction-limited single-frequency fiber laser; power 811 W; single-frequency output power; single-frequency photonic crystal fiber amplifier; Acoustics; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optimized production technology; Scattering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6990149
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