Title :
Tapered double-clad optical fibers as gain medium for high power lasers and amplifiers
Author :
Ustimchik, V.E. ; Chamorovskii, Yu.K. ; Filippov, V.N. ; Kerttula, J. ; Ulanov, A.E. ; Nikitov, S.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Radio-Eng. & Electron., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
We report advantages of tapered active double-clad fibers as gain medium for high power fiber lasers and amplifiers with diffraction limited output beam quality and extremely large output beam cross-section up to 100 μm in diameter.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre cladding; diffraction limited output beam quality; extremely large output beam cross-section; high-power fiber amplifiers; high-power fiber lasers; tapered double-clad optical fibers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sudak
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0016-9
DOI :
10.1109/CAOL.2013.6657527
