133-W pulsed fiber amplifier with large-mode-area fiber

A master-oscillator fiber power amplifier (MOPA) system with a 4-m-long Yb3+-doped homemade large mode area (LMA) double-clad fiber is reported. The system emits up to 133.8 W of amplified radiation at a wavelength of 1064 nm and a repetition rate of 100 kHz, limited only by the available pump power. Peak power of 300 kW at 20 kHz with a pulse duration of 15 ns is obtained. (c) 2006 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

133-W pulsed fiber amplifier with large-mode-area fiber

A master-oscillator fiber power amplifier (MOPA) system with a 4-m-long Yb3+-doped homemade large mode area (LMA) double-clad fiber is reported. The system emits up to 133.8 W of amplified radiation at a wavelength of 1064 nm and a repetition rate of 100 kHz, limited only by the available pump power. Peak power of 300 kW at 20 kHz with a pulse duration of 15 ns is obtained. (c) 2006 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

High power single transverse mode operation of a tapered large-mode-area fiber laser

To get high output power with good beam quality, a tapered section is introduced to large-mode-area (LMA) Yb-doped fiber laser. Output characteristics of the fiber laser without tapered section and with tapered section are compared experimentally. When the launched pump power is 119.1 W, 77.9 W with M-2 3.08 and 56.4 W with M-2 1.14 can be obtained, respectively. The corresponding slope efficiencies are 71.8% and 54.1%, respectively. Although output power of the tapered fiber laser has 30.6% penalty, brightness of it is as much as 5.28 times of the fiber laser without tapered section. Moreover, spectra of them are measured. It is found that tapered section makes lasing wavelength of the fiber laser shorter. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

158-microJ pulses from a single-transverse-mode, large-mode-area erbium-doped fiber amplifier.

We report the amplification of 10-100-pJ semiconductor diode pulses to an energy of 158 microJ and peak powers >100 kW in a multistage fiber amplifier chain based on a single-mode, large-mode-area erbium-doped amplifier design. To our knowledge these results represent the highest single-mode pulse energy extracted from any doped-fiber system.

158-μJ pulses from a single-transverse-mode, large-mode-area erbium-doped fiber amplifier

We report the amplification of 10-100-pJ semiconductor diode pulses to an energy of 158 μJ and peak powers >100 kW in a multistage fiber amplifier chain based on a single-mode, large-mode-area erbium-doped amplifier design. To our knowledge these results represent the highest single-mode pulse energy extracted from any doped-fiber system. © 1997 Optical Society of America.

Single-Mode Solid-Core Tellurite Glass Fiber with Large Mode Area and Low Loss for Infrared Applications

低损耗实芯碲酸盐光纤的非线性研究

掺镱双包层光纤放大器的放大特性

从掺镱(Yb)光纤放大器的功率传输方程出发,利用有限差分法对小模场面积(SMA)和大模场面积(LMA)掺镱双包层光纤放大器的放大特性进行了分析比较。采用模场直径(MFD)6.5 μm和20 μm的双包层掺镱光纤作为放大器增益介质进行窄线宽连续信号的放大,在915 nm激光抽运下模拟计算了大、小模场面积输出功率随输入信号功率、抽运光功率和光纤长度的变化特性,特别是对于大模场面积光纤放大器,最优光纤长度的选择至关重要;讨论了模场直径不同时的最优抽运功率和光纤长度的选择,得出4 m光纤放大时的临界抽运功率为4

大模场面积多模光纤激光器的横模控制

缠绕技术通常被用于大模场面积多模光纤激光器的横模控制。将光纤弯曲成不同半径的圆环，多模光纤激光器的高阶横模逐个被抑制并在缠绕半径为20mm时，获得15.4W的单模激光输出。实验研究表明，缠绕半径减小时，由于激光器高阶模式被抑制，其光束质量变好，同时其斜率效率降低。实验测量了多模光纤激光器在不同缠绕半径下的输出性能，并理论计算了各阶模式在不同缠绕半径下的损耗特性。实验测量结果与理论计算结果符合得较好。

大模场面积光纤激光器79．4W单横模输出

abstract {A large-mode-area (LMA) multimode fiber before and after coiling was studied contrastively in the experiment. Single-transverse-mode output was achieved when the fiber laser was coiled around a mandrel of 65 mm radius. After coiling, beam quality factor of the laser dropped from 1.24 to 1.06 and slope efficiency dropped from 64.7% to 54.3%. When the launched pump power was 149 W, the corresponding output power was 94.7 W and 79.4 W, respectively. However, the brightness of the coiled fiber laser was 1.15 times that of the uncoiled. Coiled modal losses of different modes were also calculated for the fiber employed in the experiment. The measured results agree well with the calculated ones.}

弯曲直径对多模光纤激光器输出性能的影响

大模场面积(LMA)多模光纤激光器的输出性能与光纤的弯曲程度有关。为研究两者之间的关系，在光纤不同弯曲直径下，对多模光纤激光器的输出性能进行了实验测量和理论计算。采用刀口法测量了不同弯曲直径下的激光光束质量因子M2，并对每种情况下光纤激光器的斜率效率进行了测量。光纤弯曲直径分别为285 mm,195 mm和130 mm时，多模光纤激光器光束质量因子M2为2.88,1.82和1.67，斜率效率为39%,35%和34%。另外，对于实验所采用的大模场面积多模光纤，理论计算了各模式损耗与光纤弯曲直径的关系。

大模场面积光纤激光器拉锥法模式选择

大模场面积(LMA)光纤激光器的光束质量通常比单模光纤激光器的光束质量差。采用光纤拉锥的方法进行模式选择,从而提高大模场直径光纤激光器的光束质量。拉锥区距光纤激光器的输出端约5 mm,纤芯最小为9 μm,约为未拉锥部分纤芯直径26 μm的1/3。实验研究表明,在拉锥后,光纤激光器的光束质量因子M2由3.50减小为1.81,相应的斜率效率由63.6%减小为51.1%。虽然拉锥后最大输出功率减少了约19.8%,但其亮度增大为拉锥前的3倍。

多模光纤激光器实现高功率低阶模输出

采用光纤缠绕的方法，来抑制大模场面积（LMA）双包层光纤激光器中的高阶模振荡。将光纤缠绕至两种不同半径，实验测量了相应条件下激光器的输出功率和光束质量因子M2。缠绕半径为165mm时，输出功率为217W，M2为2.96；缠绕半径为52mm时，输出功率为160W，M2为1.38。光纤激光器相应的斜率效率分别为60％和48％。光纤缠绕半径较小时，虽然激光器输出功率减小，但其亮度是大缠绕半径时对应值的3.4倍。