High power, tunable thulium fiber laser system for atmospheric propagation experiments

Author

McComb, Timothy ; Shah, Lawrence ; Sims, Robert A. ; Sudesh, Vikas ; Szilagyi, John ; Richardson, Martin

Author_Institution

Townes Laser Inst., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A system for multi-kilometer atmospheric propagation experiments including a master oscillator with ~108 nm tunability and a power amplifier tested as an oscillator with ~58% slope efficiency and stable 200 W output power is discussed.

Keywords

atmospheric light propagation; laser stability; laser tuning; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre testing; oscillators; power amplifiers; spectral line narrowing; thulium; Tm; atmospheric propagation; high stability; master oscillator; narrow linewidth; power 200 W; power amplifier; tunable thulium fiber laser system; Atmospheric waves; Fiber lasers; Laser stability; Mirrors; Optical propagation; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Thermal management; Tunable circuits and devices; (010.1300) Atmospheric propagation;; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5226001