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

    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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