Fiber lasers have excellent power-scaling capabilities, high efficiency and robustness. However, some applications require solid-state laser technologies for specific wavelength regimes or high pulse energies where fiber laser technology is not appropriate. But even in these cases, high-power fiber components can add significant advantages to any solid-state laser pumping architecture.

FiberBridge Photonics’ 1D and 2D fiber arrays unlock a new realm of laser applications by enabling precise control over the spatial arrangement of laser pump emitters. Fiber array technology opens up new concepts in solid-state laser pumping by allowing almost arbitrarily shaped pump geometries, flat-top or line profiles or even more complex arrangements. This can be crucial for optimizing thermal management and thermal lensing, or for achieving ideal gain distribution in the laser material in either end-pumped or side-pumped configurations. The FiberBridge Photonics fiber arrays can be equipped with endcaps to reach almost any desired pump profile at very high pump power levels, for example those necessary for high-energy laser systems in the field of laser fusion. FiberBridge Photonics is a world-leading manufacturer of ultra-precise 1D and 2D fiber arrays that are able to handle kW power levels even in harsh environments.