Title :
High-power, high-brightness, index-guided tapered lasers, comparison between CW and pulsed operation
Author :
Michel, N. ; Hassiaoui, I. ; Calligaro, M. ; Parillaud, O. ; Krakowski, M.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Thales3-5 Lab, Palaiseau
Abstract :
Index-guided tapered lasers at 975 nm deliver 1 W CW, with a low M2 of 1.6 at 1/e2, which is a record for such a device, no measurable astigmatism, and a narrow far-field angle of 6.8deg FWHM.
Keywords :
brightness; fibre lasers; FWHM; astigmatism; fiber lasers; index-guided tapered lasers; narrow far-field angle; power 1 W; wavelength 975 nm; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Optical fiber devices; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Vision defects;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386015