Title

Spectral beam combining of 2 mu m Tm fiber laser systems

Authors

Authors

R. A. Sims; C. C. C. Willis; P. Kadwani; T. S. McComb; L. Shah; V. Sudesh; Z. Roth; M. K. Poutous; E. G. Johnson;M. Richardson

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Commun.

Keywords

AMPLIFIERS; FILTERS; POWER; Optics

Abstract

Output beams from three independently frequency-stabilized thulium master-oscillator power-amplifier fiber laser systems were spectrally combined using a plane-ruled metal diffraction grating. Two laser channels were frequency-stabilized with guided mode resonance filters and the third was stabilized using a plane-ruled metal diffraction grating. The systems had output wavelengths between 1984 and 2015 nm, each with a spectral width of 100-450 pm and output powers between 40-120W. The combined beam had powers up to 49W and was 32% efficient with respect to the launched pump power. (c) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Optics Communications

Volume

284

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1988

Last Page

1991

WOS Identifier

WOS:000288043700051

ISSN

0030-4018

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