Spectrally beam combined fiber lasers for high power, efficiency, and brightness

Robert S Afzal; Eric Honea; Matthias Savage-Leuchs; Niel Gitkind; Richard Humphreys; Jason Henrie; Kush Brar; Don Jander

doi:10.1117/12.982047

8 November 2012 Spectrally beam combined fiber lasers for high power, efficiency, and brightness

Robert S Afzal, Eric Honea, Matthias Savage-Leuchs, Niel Gitkind, Richard Humphreys, Jason Henrie, Kush Brar, Don Jander

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Proceedings Volume 8547, High-Power Lasers 2012: Technology and Systems; 854706 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.982047
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

Spectrally Beam Combined fiber laser provide a superior architecture for power scaling laser to high power. We present experimental results where we achieved < 3 kW, M2 = 1.35 with < 39% E-O efficiency by combining 12 individual fiber lasers into a single high brightness beam.

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Robert S Afzal, Eric Honea, Matthias Savage-Leuchs, Niel Gitkind, Richard Humphreys, Jason Henrie, Kush Brar, and Don Jander "Spectrally beam combined fiber lasers for high power, efficiency, and brightness", Proc. SPIE 8547, High-Power Lasers 2012: Technology and Systems, 854706 (8 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.982047

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