DocumentCode
520350
Title
167 W, 1178 nm ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap fiber amplifier with power scalability
Author
Olausson, Christina B. ; Shirakawa, Akira ; Chen, Meishin ; Lyngso, Jens K. ; Broeng, Jes ; Hansen, Kim P. ; Bjarklev, Anders ; Ueda, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We have generated 167 W of output power at 1178 nm using an ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap fiber. Distributed spectral filtering efficiently suppresses amplified spontaneous emission at shorter wavelengths and enables power scalable amplification at 1178nm.
Keywords
Fiber lasers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Photonic band gap; Photonic bandgap fibers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Scalability; Solid lasers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5499921
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