Abstract
This paper describes a cw Er3+/Yb3+-codoped phosphate glass waveguide laser which has produced 170 mW of output power at around 1540 nm for 610 mW of launched pump power at 979 nm. Waveguide lasers are now capable of producing output powers comparable to those of commercially available Er3+/Yb3+ fiber lasers.
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