HIGH-POWER CW NEODYMIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER OPERATING AT 9.2 W WITH HIGH BEAM QUALITY

Authors
ZELLMER H WILLAMOWSKI U TUNNERMANN A WELLING H UNGER S REICHEL V MULLER HR KIRCHHOF J ALBERS P
Citation
H. Zellmer et al., HIGH-POWER CW NEODYMIUM-DOPED FIBER LASER OPERATING AT 9.2 W WITH HIGH BEAM QUALITY, Optics letters, 20(6), 1995, pp. 578-580
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
578 - 580
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:6<578:HCNFLO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
We report on a 9.2-W cw, two-times diffraction-limited, neodymium-dope d fiber laser operating in the 1.06-mu m region. For a silica-based do uble-clad fiber, slope efficiencies of more than 25% are observed for pumping by a diode-laser system operating near 810 nm.