The success of high-power fiber lasers is fueled by maturation of active and passive fibers,
combined with the availability of high-power fiber-based components. In this contribution, we …

In this paper we present a review of holmium-doped silica fibre based sources. We discuss
recent demonstrations of an efficient cladding-pumped fibre geometry and the impact it has …

Power scaling of fiber lasers is challenged by several factors, such as the brightness of the
pump source, the nonlinear effect, modal instability, and so on. Pumping active fibers with …

We present a tunable, high power cladding-pumped holmium doped fiber laser. The laser
generated> 15 W CW average power across a wavelength range of 2.043–2.171 μm, with a …

Laser sources emitting in the infrared range at around 2 µm are attracting great interest for a
variety of applications like processing of transparent thermoplastic polymers in industry as …

We report the highest power operation of a resonantly cladding-pumped, holmium-doped
silica fibre laser. The cladding pumped all-glass fibre utilises a fluorine doped glass layer to …

We investigate the operation of holmium-doped fibre amplifiers (HDFAs) in the 2.1 µm
spectral region. For the first time we demonstrate a diode-pumped HDFA. This amplifier …

A theoretical model to describe in-band pumped holmium doped silica fiber lasers is
presented. The model is established based upon theory and parameters obtained from …

The effects of ion clustering and excited state absorption occurring in holmium-doped fiber
lasers are investigated experimentally and theoretically. It is found that the slope efficiencies …

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