A 160 W single-frequency laser based on an active tapered double-clad fiber amplifier

We present a CW single-frequency laser at 1062 nm (linewidth <3?MHz) with 160?W of total output power based on a two stage fiber amplifier. A GTWave fiber is used for the first stage of the amplifier. A tapered double-clad fiber (T-DCF) is used for the second stage of the amplifier. The high output power is achieved due to the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) filtering and increased stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold inherent to the axially non-uniform geometry.

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