• DocumentCode
    1193704
  • Title

    500 W continuous-wave fibre laser with excellent beam quality

  • Author

    Limpert, I. ; Liem, A. ; Zellmer, H. ; Tunnermann, Andreas

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena, Germany
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4/17/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    645
  • Lastpage
    647
  • Abstract
    Power scaling of continuous-wave fibre lasers with up to 0.5 kW output powers from a single fibre with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality without the limitation of nonlinear effects is reported.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser stability; 500 W; CW fibre laser; continuous-wave fibre laser; high power laser; large-mode-area fibres; low-numerical aperture fibres; nearly diffraction-limited beam quality; power scaling; single fibre configuration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20030447
  • Filename
    1197977