Single-mode spectral beam combining of high power Tm-doped fiber lasers with WDM cascades
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Date
2016Source Title
Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 9728, Fiber Lasers XIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications
Print ISSN
0277-786X
Publisher
SPIE
Volume
9728
Pages
1 - 6
Language
English
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Abstract
Spectral beam combining of Tm-doped fiber lasers can increase the laser output power while simultaneously maintaining the single mode beam quality. We report on a spectral beam combining technique based on highly efficient in-house-made WDM cascade. We demonstrate continuous wave power combining employing a WDM cascade consisting of four fiber laser sources with emission wavelengths of 1920, 1949, 1996 and 2030 nm. A combined power of up to 38 W resulted in a combining efficiency of 69%.
Keywords
Fiber lasersLaser beam combining
Thulium doped fiber lasers
Combining efficiency
Continuous-wave power
Emission wavelength