Title

CW-lasing and amplification in Tm3+-doped photonic crystal fiber rod

Authors

Authors

C. Gaida; P. Kadwani; L. Leick; J. Broeng; L. Shah;M. Richardson

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Opt. Lett.

Keywords

SINGLE-FREQUENCY; DOPED FIBER; LASERS; AMPLIFIER; Optics

Abstract

We report lasing and amplification in a rod type thulium-doped photonic crystal fiber with 80 mu m core diameter. The rod is pumped with a 793 nm laser diode and produces more than 20 W output power at a beam quality M-2 < 1.3. The laser/amplifier has a slope efficiency of 27.8%/20.1% relative to absorbed pump power with a lasing threshold at 28.6 W. The output wavelength in the lasing configuration can be tuned over 180 nm from 1810-1990 nm. (C) 2012 Optical Society of America

Journal Title

Optics Letters

Volume

37

Issue/Number

21

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

4513

Last Page

4515

WOS Identifier

WOS:000310577700054

ISSN

0146-9592

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