The Rising Power of Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers
The first rare-earth-doped fiber lasers were operated in the early 1960s, and produced a few milliwatts at a wavelength around 1 mum. Since the beginning of the decade, an enormous increase of fiber laser output power has been reported, the realm of kilowatt power has been entered, and power levels...
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Published in | IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 537 - 545 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York
IEEE
01.05.2007
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
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Summary: | The first rare-earth-doped fiber lasers were operated in the early 1960s, and produced a few milliwatts at a wavelength around 1 mum. Since the beginning of the decade, an enormous increase of fiber laser output power has been reported, the realm of kilowatt power has been entered, and power levels as high as 100 kW are envisaged. Apart from the power, fiber laser systems are renowned for their inherent compactness, monolithic architecture, and a power-independent beam quality. This paper reviews the challenges, achievements, and perspectives of high-power continuous-wave (CW) laser generation and amplification in fibers. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1077-260X 1558-4542 |
DOI: | 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.897182 |