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ABSTRACT: We report on a high-power single-frequency mode-hop-free fiber distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser fabricated from Tm-doped photosensitive alumino-silicate fiber and in-band pumped by an Er/Yb fiber laser at 1565 nm. The fiber DBR laser yielded up to 580 mW of single-frequency single-ended output at 1943 nm for ~ 5 W of absorbed pump power. Further scaling of the DBR laser output power was achieved with the aid of a simple Tm-doped fiber amplifier stage spliced directly to the DBR fiber without the need of an optical isolator. The maximum output power from the DBR laser and fiber amplifier was 2.9 W for a combined absorbed pump power of 9 W. The merits of this DBR laser architecture compared to conventional DBR and distributed-feedback laser configurations are discussed.
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 05/2011; · 2.19 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report a high power narrow-linewidth source at approximately 2 microm based on a Tm-doped fiber distributed-feedback master-oscillator and three Tm fiber amplifier stages. The master-oscillator and first two amplifier stages were in-band pumped by Er,Yb fiber lasers operating at 1565 nm, and the final stage amplifier was cladding-pumped at 795 nm by two spatially-combined diode-stacks. The MOPA yielded 100 W of single frequency output at 1943 nm with a beam propagation factor (M(2)) of 1.25 and with a polarization extinction ratio of >94%. The output power was limited by thermally-induced damage in the final amplifier stage. The prospects for further power scaling are considered.
Optics Express 01/2010; 18(2):1607-12. · 3.59 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report on high-power operation of a fiber distributed-feedback (DFB) laser fabricated from Tm-doped photosensitive alumino-silicate fiber and in-band pumped by an Er/Yb fiber laser at 1565 nm. The fiber DFB laser yielded up to 875 mW of single-ended output at 1943 nm on two orthogonally polarized modes for 3.5 W of absorbed pump power. Further scaling of the DFB laser output power was achieved with the aid of a simple Tm-doped fiber amplifier stage spliced directly to the DFB fiber without the need of an optical isolator. The maximum output power from the DFB laser and fiber amplifier was >3 W for a combined absorbed pump power of 8.1 W. The influence of thermal loading, owing to quantum defect heating in the Tm-doped core, on the output power and longitudinal mode behavior is discussed, and the prospects for further improvement in performance are considered.
Optics Letters 10/2008; 33(18):2059-61. · 3.40 Impact Factor
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Sergey Vasilyev,
Stephan Schiller,
Alexander Nevsky,
Arnaud Grisard,
David Faye,
Eric Lallier, Z Zhang,
A J Boyland,
J K Sahu,
M Ibsen,
W A Clarkson
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ABSTRACT: A narrow-linewidth mid-IR source based on difference-frequency generation of an amplified 1.5 microm diode laser and a cw Tm-doped fiber laser in orientation-patterned (OP) GaAs has been developed and evaluated for spectroscopic applications. The source can be tuned to any frequency in the 7.6-8.2 microm range with an output power of 0.5 mW. The measured characteristics of the OP-GaAs sample demonstrate a high quality of the material.
Optics Letters 08/2008; 33(13):1413-5. · 3.40 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: We report efficient operation of a narrow-linewidth master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA), based on a Tm-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser and two amplifier stages, in-band pumped at 1565 nm. The MOPA yielded 10 W of linearly-polarized single-frequency output at 1943 nm.
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on; 06/2008
