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30 W fluoride glass all-fiber laser at 2.94 μm

Fortin et al., 2015

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Fortin V
Bernier M
Bah S
Vallée R
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We report the demonstration of a 2938 nm erbium-doped fluoride glass fiber laser delivering a record output power of 30.5 W in continuous wave operation. The passively cooled all- fiber laser cavity based on intracore fiber Bragg gratings has an overall laser efficiency of …
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