167 W, power scalable ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap fiber amplifier at 1178nm

Christina Bjarnal Thulin Olausson, A. Shirakawa, M. Chen, Jens Kristian Lyngsøe, Jes Broeng, K. P. Hansen, Anders Overgaard Bjarklev, K. Ueda

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    Abstract

    An ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap fiber amplifier operating at the long wavelength edge of the ytterbium gain band is investigated for high power amplification. The spectral filtering effect of the photonic bandgap efficiently suppresses amplified spontaneous emission at the conventional ytterbium gain wavelengths and thus enables high power amplification at 1178 nm. A record output power of 167 W, a slope efficiency of 61% and 15 dB saturated gain at 1178 nm have been demonstrated using the ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap fiber.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalOptics Express
    Volume18
    Issue number16
    Pages (from-to)16345-16352
    ISSN1094-4087
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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