• DocumentCode
    3002989
  • Title

    Linearly-polarized Yb-doped Fiber Laser in an All-fiber Configuration

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Characteristics of polarization selection in Yb fiber laser by use of birefringent fiber- Bragg gratings are investigated. An 8 W, 1064 nm linearly-polarized fiber laser with 87% slope efficiency and <20 pm bandwidth has been successfully demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; birefringence; fibre lasers; light polarisation; optical fibres; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; all-fiber configuration; birefringent fiber- Bragg grating; linearly-polarized fiber laser; polarization selection; power 8 W; wavelength 1064 nm; Fiber lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452480
  • Filename
    4452480