OPTICS LETTERS, cilt.26, sa.14, ss.1054-1056, 2001 (SCI-Expanded)
We have designed and realized a cw all-fiber tunable Yb-doped double-clad fiber laser in a unidirectional ring cavity. The side-pumping V-groove technique is used, yielding very good launching efficiency of the high-power pumping laser diode, together with a compact configuration. The fiber laser delivers as much as 800 mW of power and is tunable in the spectral range 1.04-1.10 mum. The laser linewidth is similar to0.1nm. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.