E. M. Dianov, A. V. Belov, I. A. Bufetov, V. N. Protopopov, A. N. Gur'yanov, D. D. Gusovskiĭ, S. V. Kobis', “High-power single-mode neodymium fibre laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1997, Volume 24, Number 1,Pages <nobr>3

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High-power single-mode neodymium fibre laser

E. M. Dianov^a, A. V. Belov^a, I. A. Bufetov^a, V. N. Protopopov^a, A. N. Gur'yanov^b, D. D. Gusovskiĭ^b, S. V. Kobis'^b

^a Fiber Optics Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances RAS, Nizhnii Novgorod

Abstract: A double-clad single-mode neodymium fibre laser was constructed. The cw output power of the laser was 3 W at the wavelength of 1.06 μm. The fibre laser was pumped by a fibre-coupled diode laser array. The efficiency of the fibre laser was 43%.

PACS: 42.55.Wd, 42.55.Xi, 42.55.Rz, 42.81.Qb

Received: 10.10.1996