Fiber lasers and their applications [Invited]

Fiber lasers have seen progressive developments in terms of spectral coverage and linewidth, output power, pulse energy, and ultrashort pulse width since the first demonstration of a glass fiber laser in 1964. Their applications have extended into a variety of fields accordingly. In this paper, the...

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Published inApplied optics. Optical technology and biomedical optics Vol. 53; no. 28; p. 6554
Main Authors Shi, Wei, Fang, Qiang, Zhu, Xiushan, Norwood, R A, Peyghambarian, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.2014
Subjects
Energy Transfer
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Fiber Optic Technology - instrumentation
Lasers
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Summary:Fiber lasers have seen progressive developments in terms of spectral coverage and linewidth, output power, pulse energy, and ultrashort pulse width since the first demonstration of a glass fiber laser in 1964. Their applications have extended into a variety of fields accordingly. In this paper, the milestones of glass fiber laser development are briefly reviewed and recent advances of high-power continuous wave, Q-switched, mode-locked, and single-frequency fiber lasers in the 1, 1.5, 2, and 3 μm regions and their applications in such areas as industry, medicine, research, defense, and security are addressed in detail.
ISSN:2155-3165
DOI:10.1364/AO.53.006554