Abstract
We have generated 167 W of output power at 1178 nm using an ytterbium-doped photonic bandgap fiber. Distributed spectral filtering efficiently suppresses amplified spontaneous emission at shorter wavelengths and enables power scalable amplification at 1178nm.
© 2010 Optical Society of America
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