S. Yilmaz
C. Ottenhues
T. Theeg
S. Lamrini
K. Scholle
K. Schäfer
P. Fuhrberg
H. Sayinc
F. Ö. Ilday
J. Neumann
L. Overmeyer
D. Kracht

Single-frequency lasers for gravitational wave detection

SPIE Photonics West: LASE
13.-18. Februar
San Francisco
2016
Type: Konferenzbeitrag
Abstract
Spectral beam combining of Tm-doped fiber lasers can increase the laser output power while simultaneously maintaining the single mode beam quality. We report on a spectral beam combining technique based on highly efficient in-housemade WDM cascade. We demonstrate continuous wave power combining employing a WDM cascade consisting of four fiber laser sources with emission wavelengths of 1920, 1949, 1996 and 2030 nm. A combined power of up to 38 W resulted in a combining efficiency of 69\%.