Title :
High power and high efficiency Tm-doped fiber laser pumped by a 1173 nm Raman fiber laser
Author :
Xiong Wang ; Hanwei Zhang ; Pu Zhou ; Xiaolin Wang ; Hu Xiao ; Zejin Liu
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Optoelectron. Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
We report a high power Tm-doped fiber laser pumped by a 1173 nm Raman fiber laser. The slope efficiency is 47%, the maximum output power is 46 W and can be scaled to higher power.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; laser beams; thulium; Raman fiber laser; high efficiency Tm-doped fiber laser; high power Tm-doped fiber laser; maximum output power; power 46 W; slope efficiency; wavelength 1173 nm; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber couplers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
