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High-power Tm-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser at 1943 nm

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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 ErYb fiber laser at 1565nm. The fiber DFB laser yielded up to 875mW of single-ended output at 1943nm on two orthogonally polarized modes for 3.5W 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 >3W for a combined absorbed pump power of 8.1W. 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.

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