Optimization of laser fibers for high pump light absorption

Jörg Bierlich; Jens Kobelke; Sylvia Jetschke; Stephan Grimm; Sonja Unger; Kay Schuster

doi:10.1117/12.2039231

7 March 2014 Optimization of laser fibers for high pump light absorption

Jörg Bierlich, Jens Kobelke, Sylvia Jetschke, Stephan Grimm, Sonja Unger, Kay Schuster

Proceedings Volume 8961, Fiber Lasers XI: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 896123 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039231
Event: SPIE LASE, 2014, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

For the implementation of novel fiber laser concepts, such as extra-large mode area (X-LMA) fiber lasers or multi-core fiber lasers alternative manufacturing processes for highly-doped silica glasses and the laser fibers fabricated from it are required. For efficient laser operation a high absorption of pump power in the active fiber core is a necessary condition. To increase the pump light absorption the fiber development aimed at the preparation of laser-active and adapted passive single-large core fibers up to multi-core structures with 7 large cores showing broken circular fiber symmetry. The optimization of the optical fibers which will be shown in detail is based on the combination of several innovative manufacturing methods such as the powder sintering technology (REPUSIL), the preform preparation by stack-and-draw technique and the fiber drawing process. The described procedure is particularly suitable to produce multifilament glass preforms resp. laser fibers with large cores in which the radial and lateral indices of refraction can be adjusted homogeneously and reproducibly. Due to the realized increase of the laser-active core volume in these fibers the pump light absorption could be considerably increased and the resulting shorter fiber length allows the use of fibers with a moderate attenuation. The results concerning the characterization of materials science and the optical aspects e. g. the dopant concentration distributions and related refractive index profiles as well attenuation and pump absorption spectra will be presented.

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Jörg Bierlich, Jens Kobelke, Sylvia Jetschke, Stephan Grimm, Sonja Unger, and Kay Schuster "Optimization of laser fibers for high pump light absorption", Proc. SPIE 8961, Fiber Lasers XI: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 896123 (7 March 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2039231

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Optical fibers

Fiber lasers

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