Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 10, Issue 9, 091406(2012)

High-power and widely tunable Tm-doped fiber laser at 2 \mu m

Chengzheng Guo, Deyuan Shen, Jingyu Long, and Fei Wang

Efficient, high-power, and widely tunable Tm-doped fiber lasers cladding-pumped by diode lasers at 791 nm are demonstrated by use of an external cavity containing a diffraction grating. A maximum output power of 62 W is obtained at 2 004 nm for 140 W of launched pump power, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 48% with respect to launched pump power. The operating wavelength is tunable over 200 nm (1 895 to 2 109 nm), with >52 W of output power over a tuning range of 140 nm (1 926 to 2 070 nm). Prospects for further improvement in output power, lasing efficiency, and tuning range are considered.

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Chengzheng Guo, Deyuan Shen, Jingyu Long, Fei Wang, "High-power and widely tunable Tm-doped fiber laser at 2 \mu m," Chin. Opt. Lett. 10, 091406 (2012)

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Received: Feb. 7, 2012

Accepted: Mar. 29, 2012

Published Online: Jul. 15, 2012

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DOI:10.3788/col201210.091406

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