Title :
Temperature dependence of a high-power ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier operating at 1060 nm and 1080 nm
Author :
Vazquez-Zuniga, L.A. ; Chung, S. ; Jeong, Yoj
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We investigate, experimentally and numerically, the wavelength-dependent, thermal instability of a high-power ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier operating at 1060-nm and 1080-nm, including its spectroscopic and gain properties as well as how to mitigate its thermal degradation.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; optical fibre amplifiers; optical materials; thermal stability; ytterbium; JkJk:Yb; high-power ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier; laser gain properties; spectroscopic properties; thermal degradation; thermal instability; wavelength 1060 nm; wavelength 1080 nm; wavelength-dependent fiber amplifier; Absorption; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Laser stability; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy; Temperature dependence; Thermal management;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4102-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4103-7
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2009.5218261
