Title :
Near diffraction-Limited, 811W, single-frequency photonic crystal fiber amplifier
Author :
Pulford, Benjamin ; Dajani, Iyad ; Robin, Craig
Author_Institution :
Air Force Res. Lab., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA
Abstract :
An acoustic and gain tailored Yb-doped polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber is used to demonstrate 811W single-frequency output power with near diffraction-limited beam quality; the highest power ever reported from a near diffraction-limited single-frequency fiber laser.
Keywords :
holey fibres; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre polarisation; photonic crystals; ytterbium; acoustic tailored Yb-doped polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber; gain tailored Yb-doped polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber; near diffraction-limited beam quality; near diffraction-limited photonic crystal fiber amplifier; near diffraction-limited single-frequency fiber laser; power 811 W; single-frequency output power; single-frequency photonic crystal fiber amplifier; Acoustics; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optimized production technology; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
