Title :
High power cladding-pumped tunable Er-Yb fiber laser
Author :
Laroche, M. ; Clarkson, W.A. ; Sahu, J.K. ; Nilsson, J. ; Jeong, Y.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We report a high-power erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber laser, cladding-pumped at 940 nm by two beam-shaped diode-stacks, with up to 29 W of output power at 1568 nm and with operating wavelength tunable from 1561 to 1627 nm.
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; infrared spectra; laser tuning; optical fibre cladding; optical pumping; ytterbium; 1561 to 1627 nm; 29 W; 940 nm; beam-shaped diode-stacks; cladding-pumped laser; high-power erbium-ytterbium co-doped fiber laser; wavelength tuning; Diodes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser tuning; Optical fibers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
