@article{Paradis:18,
author = {Pascal Paradis and Vincent Fortin and Yigit Ozan Aydin and R\'{e}al Vall\'{e}e and Martin Bernier},
journal = {Opt. Lett.},
keywords = {Lasers, erbium; Lasers, fiber; Lasers, pulsed ; Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber lasers; High power fiber lasers; Laser sources; Pulsed fiber lasers; Q switched lasers},
number = {13},
pages = {3196--3199},
publisher = {OSA},
title = {10\&\#x2009;\&\#x2009;W-level gain-switched all-fiber laser at 2.8\&\#x2009;\&\#x2009;\&\#x03BC;m},
volume = {43},
month = {Jul},
year = {2018},
url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-43-13-3196},
doi = {10.1364/OL.43.003196},
abstract = {We report a simply designed gain-switched all-fiber laser emitting a maximum average output power of 11.2\&\#x00A0;W at 2.826\&\#x00A0;\&\#x00B5;m. The corresponding extracted pulse energy is 80\&\#x00A0;\&\#x00B5;J at a pulse duration of 170\&\#x00A0;ns. These performances significantly surpass previous gain-switched demonstrations and are close to the state-of-the-art Q-switched laser performances near 2.8\&\#x00A0;\&\#x00B5;m, but with a much simpler and robust all-fiber design. The spliceless laser cavity is made of a heavily erbium-doped fluoride glass fiber and is bounded by fiber Bragg gratings written directly in the gain fiber through the protective polymer coating.},
}