• DocumentCode
    1771003
  • Title

    Direct generation of radially-polarized output from an Yb-doped fiber laser

  • Author

    Lin, Dongyang ; Daniel, J.M.O. ; Gecevicius, Mindaugas ; Beresna, Martynas ; Kazansky, Peter G. ; Clarkson, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Center, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A simple technique for directly generating a radially-polarized output beam from an ytterbium-doped fiber laser using an intracavity S-waveplate is reported. The laser yielded 7W of output with a corresponding slope efficiency of 67%.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; light polarisation; ytterbium; Yb-doped fiber laser; efficiency 67 percent; intracavity S-waveplate; power 7 W; radially-polarized output beam; slope efficiency; ytterbium-doped fiber laser; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989210