• DocumentCode
    412496
  • Title

    High-power air-clad large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber laser

  • Author

    Limpert, J. ; Schreiber, T. ; Nolte, S. ; Zellmer, H. ; Tunnermann, A. ; Iliew, R. ; Lederer, F. ; Broeng, J. ; Vienne, G. ; Peterson, Andrew F. ; Jakobsen, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich-Schiller-Univ., Jena, Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We report on a 2.3 m long air-clad ytterbium-doped large-mode-area photonic crystal fiber laser generating up to 80 W output power with a slope efficiency of 78%. Single transverse mode operation is achieved with a mode-field area of 350 /spl mu/m/sup 2/. No thermo-optical limitations are observed at the extracted /spl sim/35 W/m, therefore such fibers allow scaling to even higher powers.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser modes; optical materials; photonic crystals; thermo-optical effects; ytterbium; 2.3 mm; 78 percent; 80 W; mode-field area; output power; photonic crystal fiber laser; scaling; slope efficiency transverse mode operation; thermo-optical limitation; ytterbium-doped laser; Apertures; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser theory; Microstructure; Optical design; Photonic crystal fibers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298648