100-W single-frequency master-oscillator fiber power amplifier.
We report the efficient generation of 100-W single-frequency radiation with diffraction-limited beam quality at the 1064-nm wavelength by use of a master-oscillator fiber power-amplifier system, consisting of a diode-pumped monolithic nonplanar ring laser as the master oscillator and an Yb-doped large-mode-area fiber as the power amplifier. The emission spectrum, the intensity noise behavior, and further power-scaling possibilities to the >200-W level, which are determined by the threshold of stimulated Brillouin scattering in the fiber amplifier, are discussed.
Liem
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Institute of Applied Physics, Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, D-07743 Jena, Germany. Andreas.Liem@uni-jena.de
Limpert
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Zellmer
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Tünnermann
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