High-power cw neodymium-doped fiber laser operating at 92 W with high beam quality
- 15 March 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 20 (6) , 578-580
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.20.000578
Abstract
We report on a 9.2-W cw, two-times diffraction-limited, neodymium-doped fiber laser operating in the 1.06-μm region. For a silica-based double-clad fiber, slope efficiencies of more than 25% are observed for pumping by a diode-laser system operating near 810 nm.Keywords
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