High-power laser with Yb:YAG crystal fiber directly grown by the micro-pulling down technique

Author

Sangla, D. ; Aubry, N. ; Didierjean, J. ; Perrodin, D. ; Balembois, F. ; Lebbou, K. ; Brenier, A. ; Georges, P. ; Fourmigue, J.M. ; Tillement, O.

Author_Institution

Lab. Charles Fabry de VInstitut d´´Opt., Univ Paris Sud, Palaiseau, France

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We present the demonstration of high average power laser emission in CW and Q-switched regime from a directly grown Yb:YAG crystal fiber. We designed the gain medium by the use of thermal dependant numerical simulations by taking into account the absorption saturation effects due to the quasi-three level behaviour of the Yb³⁺ transition. The crystal fiber is longitudinally pumped by a fiber-coupled laser diode with a maximum output power of 200 W at 940 nm.

Keywords

Q-switching; fibre lasers; optical fibre fabrication; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; absorption saturation effect; crystal fiber; fiber-coupled laser diode pumping; high-power laser; micropulling down technique; power 200 W; thermal dependant numerical simulation; wavelength 940 nm; Couplings; Diode lasers; Energy management; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy; Thermal management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192552

Filename

5192552