Thulium Doped 2.0 Μm Laser and Amplifier Fibers
Thulium Doped 2.0 µm Laser and Amplifier Fibers
Extending the useful range of laser & amplifier fibers into the mid-IR Nufern’s NuTDF fibers efficiently give emission at wavelengths beyond 2 microns through significant doping advancement focused on enabling the cross-relaxation, two-for-one pump photon technique. Our NuTDF fibers are available in both single and double-clad designs with up to 60% slope efficiencies. Nufern also offers a range of NuMATCH passive fibers to easily construct fiber lasers and amplifiers by minimizing splicing losses between components. The NuTDF family of thulium doped fibers have been used to set and reset world records and have already found commercial use www.nufern.com in medical, industrial and defense applications. Select from a complete family of 2 micron fibers and their matched passive fibers as standard off the shelf and in stock from Nufern. 866.466.0214 | www.nufern.com OPTICAL FIBERS — FIBER GYRO COILS — DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY — FIBER LASERS & AMPLIFIERS Thulium Doped 2µm Laser and Amplifier Fibers
Optical Attributes Mechanical Attributes • Available in SM and LMA designs for your choice of pure single mode or • Proprietary doping technology – High glass damage threshold.
higher power applications • NuCOAT FA coating – Enhanced fiber reliability in demanding applica- • 1900 nm ➞ 2175 nm operating wavelengths tions • Prooftested to 100 kpsi – Excellent mechanical reliability • High optical efficiency: • High dynamic fatigue strength – Long life expectancy in typical • Using the cross-relaxation effect Tm doped fibers can achieve quantum deployment conditions efficiencies of ~60% with 793 nm pumping • Tm doped fibers have achieved class leading powers Applications >1 kW at ~2 µm • Ideal for LIDAR & LADAR sources • A full suite of NuMATCH complementary passive fibers give optimized splicing • Point-to-point free space telecommunications transceivers • Medical applications and surgical lasers • Organic material processing, plastic cutting, welding, sintering & marking, and eye safe industrial metal cutting & welding High Output Power at 2 μm (1kW) & High Efficiency from LMA-TDF-20/400 Fiber
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Power Efficiency Curves for 2.12 μm Double-Clad Holmium Fiber Laser Pumped at 1950 nm by a Thulium Fiber Laser
120 450 vs. Coupled Power vs. Absorbed Power 400
100 y = 0.65x - 7.5 350
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60 250 y = 0.59x - 7.2 200 40 150 Holmium Output, (W) Data courtesy of Defence 20 100 Science and Technology Holmium Output Power, (W) Holmium Output Power,
Data courtesy of Defence Science and Technology Organisation Organisation (DSTO), (DSTO), Edinburgh, SA Australia 50 Edinburgh, SA Australia 0 0 50 100 150 200 0 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1950 nm Pump Power, (W) Thulium Pump Power, (W)
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Capabilities and typical design parameters are described above. Various standard and OEM designs are available. NU0096-11/16