Abstract

We report a high power narrow-linewidth source at ~2 µm 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 (M2) 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.

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2009 (3)

G. D. Goodno, L. D. Book, and J. E. Rothenberg, “Low-phase-noise, single-frequency, single-mode 608 W thulium fiber amplifier,” Opt. Lett. 34(8), 1204–1206 (2009).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

J. W. Kim, D. Y. Shen, J. K. Sahu, and W. A. Clarkson, “Fiber-Laser-Pumped Er:YAG Lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(2), 361–371 (2009).
[Crossref]

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

2008 (1)

2007 (1)

2006 (1)

2005 (1)

N. Y. Voo, J. K. Sahu, and M. Ibsen, “345 mW 1836 nm single frequency DFB fiber laser MOPA,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(12), 2550–2552 (2005).
[Crossref]

2003 (1)

2002 (1)

1995 (1)

T. F. Morse, K. Oh, and L. J. Reinhart, “Carbon dioxide detection using a co-doped Tm-Ho optical fiber,” Proc. SPIE 2510, 158–164 (1995).
[Crossref]

1993 (1)

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Barnes, N. P.

Book, L. D.

Boyland, A. J.

Bruns, D. L.

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Carter, A.

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

Clarkson, W. A.

Frith, G.

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

Geng, J.

Goodno, G. D.

Hale, C. P.

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Hanna, D. C.

Hannon, S. M.

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Henderson, S. W.

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Ibsen, M.

Z. Zhang, D. Y. Shen, A. J. Boyland, J. K. Sahu, W. A. Clarkson, and M. Ibsen, “High-power Tm-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser at 1943 nm,” Opt. Lett. 33(18), 2059–2061 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. Y. Voo, J. K. Sahu, and M. Ibsen, “345 mW 1836 nm single frequency DFB fiber laser MOPA,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(12), 2550–2552 (2005).
[Crossref]

Jackson, S. D.

Jiang, S.

Kim, J. W.

J. W. Kim, D. Y. Shen, J. K. Sahu, and W. A. Clarkson, “Fiber-Laser-Pumped Er:YAG Lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(2), 361–371 (2009).
[Crossref]

Magee, J. R.

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Morse, T. F.

T. F. Morse, K. Oh, and L. J. Reinhart, “Carbon dioxide detection using a co-doped Tm-Ho optical fiber,” Proc. SPIE 2510, 158–164 (1995).
[Crossref]

Mossman, S.

Moulton, P. F.

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

Nilsson, J.

Oh, K.

T. F. Morse, K. Oh, and L. J. Reinhart, “Carbon dioxide detection using a co-doped Tm-Ho optical fiber,” Proc. SPIE 2510, 158–164 (1995).
[Crossref]

Reinhart, L. J.

T. F. Morse, K. Oh, and L. J. Reinhart, “Carbon dioxide detection using a co-doped Tm-Ho optical fiber,” Proc. SPIE 2510, 158–164 (1995).
[Crossref]

Rines, G. A.

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

Rothenberg, J. E.

Sahu, J. K.

J. W. Kim, D. Y. Shen, J. K. Sahu, and W. A. Clarkson, “Fiber-Laser-Pumped Er:YAG Lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(2), 361–371 (2009).
[Crossref]

Z. Zhang, D. Y. Shen, A. J. Boyland, J. K. Sahu, W. A. Clarkson, and M. Ibsen, “High-power Tm-doped fiber distributed-feedback laser at 1943 nm,” Opt. Lett. 33(18), 2059–2061 (2008).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

D. Y. Shen, J. K. Sahu, and W. A. Clarkson, “High-power widely tunable Tm: fibre lasers pumped by an Er, Yb co-doped fibre laser at 1.6 µm,” Opt. Express 14(13), 6084–6090 (2006).
[Crossref] [PubMed]

N. Y. Voo, J. K. Sahu, and M. Ibsen, “345 mW 1836 nm single frequency DFB fiber laser MOPA,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(12), 2550–2552 (2005).
[Crossref]

Samso, B.

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

Shen, D. Y.

Slobodtchikov, E.

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

Suni, P. J. M.

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Turner, P. W.

Voo, N. Y.

N. Y. Voo, J. K. Sahu, and M. Ibsen, “345 mW 1836 nm single frequency DFB fiber laser MOPA,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(12), 2550–2552 (2005).
[Crossref]

Wall, K. F.

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

Wu, J.

Yu, J.

Yuen, E. H.

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Zhang, Z.

Appl. Opt. (1)

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. (2)

J. W. Kim, D. Y. Shen, J. K. Sahu, and W. A. Clarkson, “Fiber-Laser-Pumped Er:YAG Lasers,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(2), 361–371 (2009).
[Crossref]

P. F. Moulton, G. A. Rines, E. Slobodtchikov, K. F. Wall, G. Frith, B. Samso, and A. Carter, “Tm-doped fiber lasers: Fundamentals and power scaling,” IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15(1), 85–92 (2009).
[Crossref]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. (1)

N. Y. Voo, J. K. Sahu, and M. Ibsen, “345 mW 1836 nm single frequency DFB fiber laser MOPA,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(12), 2550–2552 (2005).
[Crossref]

IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. (1)

S. W. Henderson, P. J. M. Suni, C. P. Hale, S. M. Hannon, J. R. Magee, D. L. Bruns, and E. H. Yuen, “Coherent laser radar at 2µm using solid-state lasers,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 31(1), 4–15 (1993).
[Crossref]

Opt. Express (1)

Opt. Lett. (4)

Proc. SPIE (1)

T. F. Morse, K. Oh, and L. J. Reinhart, “Carbon dioxide detection using a co-doped Tm-Ho optical fiber,” Proc. SPIE 2510, 158–164 (1995).
[Crossref]

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Schematic diagram of Tm fiber master-oscillator power-amplifier.

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Signal output power as a function of launched pump power for the intermediate amplifier.

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The MOPA output power (circle) and the backward propagating power (square) as a function of launched pump power.

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Upper limit on the heat deposition density in the core, Phmax versus heat transfer coefficient.

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P h max ≈ 4 π ( T d − T s )   [ 2 K o c log e ( r o c r i c ) + 2 r o c h ] − 1

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