• DocumentCode
    2921608
  • Title

    High-power Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser directly operating at 1178 nm

  • Author

    Ota, Jun ; Shirakawa, Akira ; Ueda, Ken-ichi

  • Author_Institution
    Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Japan; zyun@ils.uec.ac.jp
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    30-02 Aug. 2005
  • Firstpage
    414
  • Lastpage
    415
  • Abstract
    We report successful operation of Yb-doped fiber laser at an important wavelength of 1178nm. By optimizing the small-signal gain and Q-value, the output power amounts to 6.5W with 50dB suppression ratio against amplified spontaneous emission.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spontaneous emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9242-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569459
  • Filename
    1569459