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
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;
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
