Title :
High-power splice-free ytterbium fiber laser based on femtosecond-written fiber Bragg gratings
Author :
Bernier, Martin ; Lapointe, Marc-André ; Vallée, Réal ; Pruneau-Godmaire, Xavier ; Morasse, Bertrand
Author_Institution :
Centre d´´Opt., Photonique et Laser (COPL), Univ. Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We report on the operation of a splice-free ytterbium fiber laser emitting 65W at 1072nm based on a pair of FBGs written directly in the active fiber using 400nm femtosecond pulses and a phase-mask.
Keywords :
Annealing; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
