Title :
Narrow spectral line, efficient 1172nm Raman fiber laser
Author :
Kuksenkov, D.V. ; Williams, E. M Kosik ; Bauco, A.S. ; Hoyt, R.A. ; Li, S. ; Wang, J. ; DeMeritt, J.A. ; Liu, A. ; Hoover, K.A. ; McCarthy, J.E. ; Wood, W.A. ; Lobanov, S.A. ; Goodman, D.S. ; Amin, J. ; Korolev, A.E. ; Nazarov, And V N
Author_Institution :
Div. of Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., Corning, NY
Abstract :
We report on the design and performance of an injection-seeded single-pass cascaded fiber Raman laser producing 10.5 W average output power at 1172 nm. The linewidth is < 0.1nm and optical to optical conversion efficiency is 35%.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; optical conversion efficiency; power 10.5 W; single-pass cascaded fiber Raman laser; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers; Stimulated emission; (060.2320) Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.3550) Lasers, Raman;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
