• DocumentCode
    3124685
  • Title

    Temperature dependence of a high-power ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier operating at 1060 nm and 1080 nm

  • Author

    Vazquez-Zuniga, L.A. ; Chung, S. ; Jeong, Yoj

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate, experimentally and numerically, the wavelength-dependent, thermal instability of a high-power ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier operating at 1060-nm and 1080-nm, including its spectroscopic and gain properties as well as how to mitigate its thermal degradation.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical materials; thermal stability; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; high-power ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier; laser gain properties; spectroscopic properties; thermal degradation; thermal instability; wavelength 1060 nm; wavelength 1080 nm; wavelength-dependent fiber amplifier; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy; Temperature dependence; Thermal management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5218261
  • Filename
    5218261