High-efficiency and high-power single-frequency fiber laser at 1.6 μm based on cascaded energy-transfer pumping

Xianchao Guan; Qilai Zhao; Wei Lin; Tianyi Tan; Changsheng Yang; Pengfei Ma; Zhongmin Yang; Shanhui Xu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.383174

Photonics Research, Volume. 8, Issue 3, 414(2020)

High-efficiency and high-power single-frequency fiber laser at 1.6 μm based on cascaded energy-transfer pumping

Xianchao Guan^1,2, Qilai Zhao², Wei Lin^1,2, Tianyi Tan², Changsheng Yang^2,4,6、*, Pengfei Ma^2,7, Zhongmin Yang^1,2,3,5,6, and Shanhui Xu^2,3,4

Author Affiliations

¹School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

²State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices and Institute of Optical Communication Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

³Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of High-performance Fiber Laser Techniques and Equipment, Zhuhai 519031, China

⁴Hengqin Firay Sci-Tech Company Ltd., Zhuhai 519031, China

⁵Guangdong Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Special Optical Fiber Materials and Devices, Guangzhou 510640, China

⁶Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Fiber Laser Materials and Applied Techniques, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China

⁷e-mail: pengfeima_scut@163.com

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Paper Information

Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

Received: Nov. 19, 2019

Accepted: Jan. 23, 2020

Published Online: Feb. 28, 2020

The Author Email: Changsheng Yang (mscsyang@scut.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.383174

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