Title :
High-power Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser directly operating at 1178 nm
Author :
Ota, Jun ; Shirakawa, Akira ; Ueda, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution :
Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Japan; zyun@ils.uec.ac.jp
Abstract :
We report successful operation of Yb-doped fiber laser at an important wavelength of 1178nm. By optimizing the small-signal gain and Q-value, the output power amounts to 6.5W with 50dB suppression ratio against amplified spontaneous emission.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spontaneous emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569459
