• DocumentCode
    2750442
  • Title

    56W optical output power at 970nm from a truncated tapered semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Wang, X. ; Wenzel, H. ; Eppich, B. ; Crump, P. ; Spreemann, M. ; Ginolas, A. ; Fricke, J. ; Bugge, F. ; Erbert, G. ; Tränkle, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Leibniz Inst. fur Hochstfrequenztechnik, Ferdinand-Braun-Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    577
  • Lastpage
    578
  • Abstract
    A truncated tapered semiconductor amplifier in a master oscillator-power amplifier configuration is shown to deliver 56W output power at 970nm under quasi-cw conditions, with reasonable beam quality M2(1/e2)=21. Narrow spectral width (42pm) operation is confirmed.
  • Keywords
    semiconductor optical amplifiers; master oscillator power amplifier configuration; optical output power; power 56 W; truncated tapered semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength 970 nm; Laser beams; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110679
  • Filename
    6110679