Title :
Yb-doped photonic bandgap fiber lasers with record core diameter
Author :
Guancheng Gu ; Fanting Kong ; Hawkins, Thomas ; Parsons, Joshua ; Jones, Maxwell ; Dunn, Christopher ; Kalichevsky-Dong, Monica T. ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Liang Dong
Author_Institution :
ECE, Clemson Univ., Anderson, SC, USA
Abstract :
We have demonstrated ytterbium-doped fiber lasers in 50μm-core photonic bandgap fibers with robust single mode output, a record core diameter for active photonic bandgap fibers, with slope efficiency exceeding 70%.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; photonic band gap; ytterbium; Yb-doped photonic bandgap fiber lasers; active photonic bandgap fibers; core diameter; robust single mode output; size 50 mum; slope efficiency; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Optimized production technology; Photonic bandgap fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
