• DocumentCode
    1792667
  • Title

    Thin-rod amplifier for fiber lasers scaling

  • Author

    Kuznetsov, Ivan ; Mukhin, Ivan ; Palashov, Oleg

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Dynamics & Opt. Dept., Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    June 30 2014-July 4 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Thin-rod Yb:YAG active element is investigated in the terms of thermal effects, gain, lasing and scalability through the theoretical and experimental analysis. Low temperature, great gain and huge thermal lens are found in the thin rod. Lasing with 6 W average power and 45 % slope efficiency is obtained.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre amplifiers; thermal lensing; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; fiber lasers scaling; gain; lasing; power 6 W; scalability; thermal effects; thin-rod Yb:YAG active element; thin-rod amplifier; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Lenses; Optical fiber amplifiers; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing; Yb:YAG; single crystal fiber; thermal effects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Saint Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LO.2014.6886211
  • Filename
    6886211