21 December 2016 High pulse repetition frequency fiber-coupled laser-diode module
Guangyuan Shi, Song Li, Ke Huang, Guoxing Zheng
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Abstract
A practical and simple approach of achieving a high pulse repetition frequency fiber-coupled laser-diode device is demonstrated both by experiment and TRACEPRO software simulation, which is obtained by beam collimating, spatial beam combining, and polarization beam combining based on multiple cycle-emitting pulsed laser-diode emitters. Using this method, fiber-coupled laser-diode module output pulse repetition frequency from the multimode fiber with 200-μm core diameter and 0.22 numerical aperture can reach 300 kHz, and the coupling efficiency is beyond 72%. This technique has superiors of great flexibility, low cost, and high reliability for wide applications.
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Guangyuan Shi, Song Li, Ke Huang, and Guoxing Zheng "High pulse repetition frequency fiber-coupled laser-diode module," Optical Engineering 55(12), 126108 (21 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.12.126108
Received: 15 September 2016; Accepted: 5 December 2016; Published: 21 December 2016
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KEYWORDS
Pulsed laser operation

Fiber lasers

Polarization

Fiber coupled lasers

Optical simulations

Fiber couplers

Collimation

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