• DocumentCode
    949902
  • Title

    Multi-coupler side-pumped Yb-doped double-clad fibre laser and pump light leakage at coupler

  • Author

    Ou, P. ; Yan, P. ; Gong, M.L. ; Wei, W.L. ; Yuan, Y.Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Precision Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    418
  • Lastpage
    419
  • Abstract
    A multi-coupler side-pumped Yb-doped double-clad fibre laser with output power of 1.38 W and slope efficiency of 48.9% by the fibre angle-polished method is demonstrated. Its pump light leakage at the fibre coupler is also investigated experimentally and theoretically.
  • Keywords
    fibre lasers; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; ytterbium; 1.38 W; fibre angle polished method; fibre coupler; multicoupler side pumped Yb doped double clad fibre laser; pump light leakage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040283
  • Filename
    1283598