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Advances in high-brightness fiber-coupled laser modules for pumping multi-kW CW fiber lasersFormat | Member Price | Non-Member Price |
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Paper Abstract
High-power continuous wave (CW) fiber lasers with excellent beam quality continue to drive demand for higher brightness pump modules at 920 nm and 976 nm. Over the last decade, the brightness requirement for pumping state-of-the-art CW fiber lasers (CWFLs) has risen from approximately 0.5 W/(mm-mR)2 to ~2 W/(mm-mR)2 for today’s mutlikW CWFLs. The most advanced CWFLs demand even higher brightness pump modules in order to minimize design complexity, maximize efficiency, and maximize the stimulated Raman scattering threshold. This need has resulted in a reoptimization of the nLIGHT elementTM line to enable a commercial 200 W, 18-emitter package with a 0.15 NA beam in a 105 μm fiber, corresponding to a brightness of 3.2 W/(mm-mR)2 and a 25 % increase in power over the existing elementTM e14 at 155 W. Furthermore, we have demonstrated the further scalability of this reoptimized design with our next generation COS, resulting in a maximum of 272 W into 105 μm fiber with a brightness of 3.8 W/(mm-mR)2.
Paper Details
Date Published: 22 February 2017
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 10086, High-Power Diode Laser Technology XV, 1008605 (22 February 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2250656
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10086:
High-Power Diode Laser Technology XV
Mark S. Zediker, Editor(s)
PDF: 7 pages
Proc. SPIE 10086, High-Power Diode Laser Technology XV, 1008605 (22 February 2017); doi: 10.1117/12.2250656
Show Author Affiliations
M. Hemenway, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
W. Urbanek, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
D. Dawson, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
Z. Chen, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
L. Bao, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
W. Urbanek, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
D. Dawson, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
Z. Chen, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
L. Bao, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
M. Kanskar, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
M. DeVito, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
D. Kliner, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
R. Martinsen, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
M. DeVito, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
D. Kliner, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
R. Martinsen, nLIGHT Corp. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 10086:
High-Power Diode Laser Technology XV
Mark S. Zediker, Editor(s)
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