Title :
State of the art of cw fibre lasers
Author :
Jeong, Y. ; Soh, D.B.S. ; Codemard, C.A. ; Dupriez, P. ; Farrell, C. ; Philippov, P. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Nilsson, J. ; Payne, D.N.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper, we emphasize that despite the recent rapid increase of output power from different fibre sources, the power is still limited by available pump sources rather than by fibre properties. We review the current state of the art of cw fibre lasers and discuss the prospect of further power-scaling of a single-strand fibre laser into multi-kilowatt regime, as required for some industrial manufacturing applications
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser materials processing; optical pumping; fibre lasers; industrial manufacturing application; power-scaling; pump sources; state of the art; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical fiber devices; Optical materials; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568490
