Yb-free Er-doped all-fiber amplifier cladding-pumped at 976 nm with output power in excess of 100 W

LV Kotov, ME Likhachev, MM Bubnov… - Fiber Lasers XI …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Power scaling of Yb-free Er-doped fiber lasers is extremely challenging due to low Er ion
absorption cross-section and growth of unbleachable loss at high Er concentrations …

Dual band optical amplifier for 1.0 and 1.5 µm communications

P Steinvurzel, WZW Chang… - Free-Space Laser …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Several organizations are engaged in the development of deployable optical
communication systems for intersatellite and satellite to ground communications supporting …

Double-clad large mode area Er-doped fiber for high-energy and high-peak power amplifiers

LV Kotov, MM Bubnov, DS Lipatov… - Fiber Lasers XI …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The use of double-clad fibers for short pulses amplification requires high active ions
concentration in order to keep the active fiber length short. In the case of Er-doped fibers an …