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Ytterbium-doped fiber laser (YDFL) and Thulium doped fiber laser (TDFL) have been two kinds of the most widely
studied fiber laser in recent years. Although both silica-based Ytterbium-doped fiber and Thulium doped fiber have wide
emission spectrum band (more than 200 nm and 400 nm, respectively), the operation spectrum region of previously
demonstrated high power YDFL and TDFL fall into 1060-1100 nm and 1900-2050nm. Power scaling of YDFL and
TDFL operates at short-wavelength or long-wavelength band, especially for extreme wavelength operation, although is
highly required in a large variety of application fields, is quite challenging due to small net gain and strong amplified
spontaneous emission (ASE). In this paper, we will present study on extreme wavelength operation of high power YDFL
and TDFL in our group. Comprehensive mathematical models are built to investigate the feasibility of high power
operation and propose effective technical methods to achieve high power operation. We have achieved (1) Diodepumped
1150nm long wavelength YDFL with 120-watt level output power (2) Diode-pumped 1178nm long wavelength
YDFL operates at high temperature with 30-watt level output power (3) Random laser pumped 2153nm long wavelength
TDFL with 20-watt level output power (4) Diode-pumped 1018nm short wavelength YDFL with a record 2 kilowatt
output power is achieved by using home-made fiber combiner.
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