Quasi-continuous-wave-pumped thulium-doped fiber laser with 0.2 kW of instantaneous output power

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Main Authors: Hou, Changshun, Zhai, Ziwei, Choudhury, Nilotpal, Harris, Tom, Sahu, Jayanta K., Nilsson, Johan
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Published: 2024
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author Hou, Changshun
Zhai, Ziwei
Choudhury, Nilotpal
Harris, Tom
Sahu, Jayanta K.
Nilsson, Johan
author_facet Hou, Changshun
Zhai, Ziwei
Choudhury, Nilotpal
Harris, Tom
Sahu, Jayanta K.
Nilsson, Johan
contents A thulium-doped fiber laser operating quasi-continuous-wave generated 198 W of instantaneous output power in 0.2-ms pulses at 50 Hz repetition rate. The duty cycle becomes 1% and the average output power 2.0 W. This was cladding-pumped with 408 W from 0.79-um diode lasers (average pump power 4.1 W). The pump switch-on time was ~10 us at full power, with the laser exhibiting relaxation oscillations starting ~5 us after the start of the pumping and lasting for ~5 us. The slope efficiency with respect to absorbed pump power was 67% up to 200 W of absorbed pump power and 52% at the full 352 W of absorbed pump power. The low duty cycle simplified the heatsinking, despite the high instantaneous power and thermal load.
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spellingShingle Quasi-continuous-wave-pumped thulium-doped fiber laser with 0.2 kW of instantaneous output power
Hou, Changshun
Zhai, Ziwei
Choudhury, Nilotpal
Harris, Tom
Sahu, Jayanta K.
Nilsson, Johan
Optics
A thulium-doped fiber laser operating quasi-continuous-wave generated 198 W of instantaneous output power in 0.2-ms pulses at 50 Hz repetition rate. The duty cycle becomes 1% and the average output power 2.0 W. This was cladding-pumped with 408 W from 0.79-um diode lasers (average pump power 4.1 W). The pump switch-on time was ~10 us at full power, with the laser exhibiting relaxation oscillations starting ~5 us after the start of the pumping and lasting for ~5 us. The slope efficiency with respect to absorbed pump power was 67% up to 200 W of absorbed pump power and 52% at the full 352 W of absorbed pump power. The low duty cycle simplified the heatsinking, despite the high instantaneous power and thermal load.
title Quasi-continuous-wave-pumped thulium-doped fiber laser with 0.2 kW of instantaneous output power
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01793