High-power widely tunable thulium fiber lasers

被引：107

作者：

McComb, Timothy S. ^{[1
]}

Sims, R. Andrew ^{[1
]}

Willis, Christina C. C. ^{[1
]}

Kadwani, Pankaj ^{[1
]}

Sudesh, Vikas ^{[1
]}

Shah, Lawrence ^{[1
]}

Richardson, Martin ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Cent Florida, CREOL, Townes Laser Inst, Orlando, FL 32816 USA

来源：

APPLIED OPTICS | 2010年 / 49卷 / 32期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

BRAGG GRATINGS; MU-M; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; OPERATION; PROPAGATION; AMPLIFIER; LIDAR;

D O I：

10.1364/AO.49.006236

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Applications requiring long-range atmospheric propagation are driving the development of high-power thulium fiber lasers. We report on the performance of two different laser configurations for high-power tunable thulium fiber lasers: one is a single oscillator utilizing a volume Bragg grating for wavelength stabilization; the other is a master oscillator power amplifier system with the oscillator stabilized and made tunable by a diffraction grating. Each configuration provides >150 W of average power, >50% slope efficiency, narrow output linewidth, and >100 nm tunability in the wavelength range around 2 mu m. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

引用

页码：6236 / 6242

页数：7

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