High-power widely tunable thulium fiber lasers

    Authors

    T. S. McComb; R. A. Sims; C. C. C. Willis; P. Kadwani; V. Sudesh; L. Shah;M. Richardson

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Appl. Optics

    Keywords

    BRAGG GRATINGS; MU-M; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; OPERATION; PROPAGATION; AMPLIFIER; LIDAR; Optics

    Abstract

    Applications requiring long-range atmospheric propagation are driving the development of high-power thulium fiber lasers. We report on the performance of two different laser configurations for high-power tunable thulium fiber lasers: one is a single oscillator utilizing a volume Bragg grating for wavelength stabilization; the other is a master oscillator power amplifier system with the oscillator stabilized and made tunable by a diffraction grating. Each configuration provides > 150 W of average power, > 50% slope efficiency, narrow output linewidth, and > 100 nm tunability in the wavelength range around 2 mu m. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

    Journal Title

    Applied Optics

    Volume

    49

    Issue/Number

    32

    Publication Date

    1-1-2010

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    6236

    Last Page

    6242

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000284058400008

    ISSN

    1559-128X

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