Title :
Tunable high power thulium fiber lasers
Author :
McComb, Timothy S. ; Sims, R. Andrew ; Willis, Christina C C ; Kadwani, Pankaj ; Shah, Lawrence ; Richardson, Martin
Author_Institution :
Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Two thulium fiber laser configurations are described providing widely tunable and narrow linewidth output. We show that such systems can produce average powers greater than 100 W.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; laser tuning; thulium; JkJk:Tm; laser configurations; narrow linewidth output; tunable high power fiber lasers; widely tunable output; fiber laser; high power; thulium; tunable;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5699039