Title :
Highly efficient erbium-ytterbium co-doped fibre laser with 188 W output power at 1565 nm
Author :
Shen, D.Y. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Clarkson, W.A.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
In this paper, we report a highly efficient Er:Yb co-doped fibre laser, cladding pumped by a 975 nm diode-stack source, that generates up to 188 W of continuous-wave (cw) output at 1565 nm with an overall slope efficiency of 41% with respect to launched pump power.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical pumping; ytterbium; 1565 nm; 188 W; 975 nm; cladding pumped erbium-ytterbium co-doped fibre laser; continuous-wave generation; diode-stack source; launched pump power; overall slope efficiency; Diodes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Heat pumps; Heat sinks; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical fiber polarization; Power generation; Power lasers; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568288
