A direct diode-pumped all-fiber-integrated fiber laser based on backward pumping master oscillator power amplifier configuration at 1080 nm, producing maximum output power of 4.115 kW based on 25/400 μm fiber with corresponding linear fitting optical to optical efficiency of 78.39% was demonstrated. The suppression ratio of stimulated Raman scattering is better than 35dB and it can be further optimized by decreasing the seed input power. Near diffractionlimited beam quality (M2 are 1.7and 1.6 in the x and y directions based on 4-sigma method) is also achieved at the maximum output power. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report for 4 kW near-diffraction-limited fiber lasers based on 25/400 μm fiber directly pumped by laser diodes.
Thulium-doped fiber laser is one of the most promising high power mid-infrared sources which attracts lots of attention recently. However, there is no comprehensive theoretical model which can be used for precise simulation of the performance of the pulsed Thulium-doped fiber laser. A combined theoretical model is proposed in this work by integrating the laser rate equation and Ginzburg-Landau equation into the iteration process. Good agreement between the experiments and simulations is achieved in a Thulium-doped fiber amplifier employing counter-pumping scheme.
A high power 1030 nm ytterbium-doped polarization maintained fiber laser with optimized parameters is presented in this paper. The master oscillator power amplifier system with counter-pumped amplifier is established. The output power is 900 W, along with a light-to-light efficiency of 64.2%. The amplified spontaneous emission suppression ratio of spectrum reaches to 40 dB with 3 dB linewidth of 0.14 nm. The polarization extinction ratio is 12 dB, and the beam quality factor is M2x=1.07, M2y=1.12. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of 1030 nm high power fiber laser with narrow linewidth, near linear polarization, and neardiffraction-limited beam quality
Transverse mode instability becomes the main limit for power scaling of high power fiber lasers with nearly diffraction-limited beam. Compared to conventional step index fiber, this paper proposes a partially doped fiber, which can decrease coupling coefficient between fundamental mode and higher order mode. Based on a coupled mode model, this designed fiber is proved to suppress transverse mode instability effect and promising for power scaling of fiber lasers. Furthermore, we investigate the impact of doped region on transverse mode instability threshold, and propose a partially doped fiber, which can realize 5 kW in single mode regime theoretically.
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