Abstract
We demonstrate high-power operation from a singly -doped silica fiber laser that is cladding pumped directly with diode lasers operating at . Internal slope efficiencies approaching the Stokes limit were produced, and the maximum output power was . This result was achieved using a low -ion concentration and -ion codoping, which together limit the transfer of energy between excited ions.
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