DocumentCode
399124
Title
Beyond 1 kW with fiber lasers and amplifiers
Author
Nilsson, I. ; Jeong, Y. ; Alegria, C. ; Selvas, R. ; Sahu, J. ; Williams, R. ; Furusawa, K. ; Clarkson, W. ; Hanna, David ; Richardson, D. ; Monro, T. ; Payne, D. ; Yla-Jarkko, K. ; Alam, S. ; Grudinin, A.
Author_Institution
Southampton Univ., UK
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
685
Abstract
We report recent progress and future prospects of high-power fiber sources in the 1 and 1.5 μm spectral ranges, with a 103 W, 1565 nm erbium-ytterbium doped fiber laser as an example. Our emphasis is on diode stack pumping and short fibers with high Brillouin thresholds.
Keywords
erbium compounds; infrared spectra; optical fibre amplifiers; optical pumping; ytterbium compounds; 1 KW; 1 micron; 1.5 micron; 103 W; 1565 nm; Brillouin thresholds; diode stack pumping; erbium-ytterbium doped fiber laser; fiber amplifiers; fiber lasers; high-power fiber sources; short fibers; spectral range; Artificial intelligence; Degradation; Diodes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Etching; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Power lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248497
Filename
1248497
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