High power Er/Yb fiber laser with very high numerical aperture pump cladding waveguide

G Bouwmans, R M Percival, W J Wadsworth, J C Knight, T A Birks, P St J Russell

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Abstract

High power Er/Yb lasers at 1.55 /spl mu/m are attractive for a number of applications, for example sensors, spectroscopy and free space telecommunications. In this paper, we report a double-clad fiber, which has an Er/Yb doped core and an inner cladding waveguide suspended in air by very thin silica bridges. The massive acceptance angles, numerical aperture larger than 0.8, and the laser output power demonstrated during the course of this work clearly indicate the potential of this technology for high power fiber lasers.
Original languageEnglish
Pages607
Number of pages1
Publication statusPublished - 2003
EventLasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on -
Duration: 1 Jan 2003 → …

Conference

ConferenceLasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Period1/01/03 → …

Keywords

  • erbium
  • optical fibre cladding
  • pump cladding waveguide
  • Er-Yb fiber laser
  • fibre lasers
  • thin silica bridges
  • optical pumping
  • double-clad fiber
  • Er-Yb doped core
  • silicon compounds
  • high power fiber lasers
  • ytterbium
  • 1.55 micron
  • numerical aperture
  • SiO/sub 2/

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