High-power pump combiners for Tm-doped fibre lasers

• Autorzy: Stachowiak D. , Kaczmarek P. , Abramski K. M.

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DOI

10.1515/oere-2015-0033

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper our results of investigation on a pump power combiner in a configuration of 7×1 are presented. The performed combiner, with pump power of 80–85% transmission level, was successfully applied in a thulium doped fibre laser. The performed all-fibre laser setup reached a total CW output power of 6.42 W, achieving the efficiency on a 32.1% level.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

fibre lasers; thulium-doped fibres; pump power combiners; tapered fibre bundles

• Wydawca: Stowarzyszenie Elektryków Polskich ; Polska Akademia Nauk ; Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego
• Czasopismo: Opto-Electronics Review
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 23, No. 4
• Strony: 259--264
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., il., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Stachowiak D.

• Laser and Fibre Electronics Group, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Kaczmarek P.

• Laser and Fibre Electronics Group, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Abramski K. M.

• Laser and Fibre Electronics Group, Wrocław University of Technology, ul. Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

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