F. Maes, Y. Aydin, T. Poulin, S. Bah, V. Fortin, R. Vallée, M. Bernier
{"title":"Suppressing fiber tip failure: On the road to 100 W-level 3-μm fiber lasers (Conference Presentation)","authors":"F. Maes, Y. Aydin, T. Poulin, S. Bah, V. Fortin, R. Vallée, M. Bernier","doi":"10.1117/12.2544504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544504","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the use of OH diffusion barrier coatings to suppress fiber tip degradation in high-power 3 μm fiber lasers. To this extent, silicon nitride thin-films are sputtered on the endface of a 20 W erbium-doped fluoride fiber laser at 2.83 μm. By monitoring the temperature evolution of the output fiber tip over a 24 hour time period, we validate the effectiveness of silicon nitride thin films in mitigating fiber tip degradation. These results, along with previous demonstrations, underline the potential of 3 μm fiber lasers to reach 100 W of output power in the near future.","PeriodicalId":246609,"journal":{"name":"Fiber Lasers XVII: Technology and Systems","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125598236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Barber, P. Shardlow, P. Barua, J. Sahu, A. Clarkson
{"title":"Cladding-pumped nested-ring Tm fiber laser with 131 W single-mode output at 1907 nm (Conference Presentation)","authors":"M. Barber, P. Shardlow, P. Barua, J. Sahu, A. Clarkson","doi":"10.1117/12.2544414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544414","url":null,"abstract":"Output power levels from 1907 nm Tm fiber laser sources are restricted by low lasing efficiency and challenging thermal management. Here we develop a novel fiber core structure where the Tm dopant material is confined to a ring within the larger undoped glass core. This evolution of dopant profiling has tripled the fiber device lengths and produced 131 W of 1907 nm emission with 64.5% absorbed slope efficiency. This, to the best of our knowledge, is the most efficient 1907 nm Tm fiber laser that has been demonstrated with the capability to perform beyond 100 W output power.","PeriodicalId":246609,"journal":{"name":"Fiber Lasers XVII: Technology and Systems","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120938136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}