Current developments in high-power, monolithic, polarization maintaining fiber amplifiers for coherent beam combining applications

D. P. Machewirth; Q. Wang; B. Samson; K. Tankala; M. O'Connor; M. Alam

doi:10.1117/12.712691

22 February 2007 Current developments in high-power monolithic polarization maintaining fiber amplifiers for coherent beam combining applications

D. P. Machewirth, Q. Wang, B. Samson, K. Tankala, M. O'Connor, M. Alam

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Proceedings Volume 6453, Fiber Lasers IV: Technology, Systems, and Applications; 64531F (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.712691
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Monolithic, all-fiber PM optical amplifiers have been investigated regarding components performance, amplifier design and narrow line-width amplification. PM-based components performed very well, the pump/signal combiner in particular handling > 300W pump power and still maintaining the PER of the input signal. A co-pumped amplifier configuration was chosen based on reliability and potential SBS mitigation (i.e. fiber length after the active fiber output). This system based on PLMA-YDF - 25/400 fiber appeared to give the best output power (155W-177W, depending on the length of passive delivery fiber), PER (~ 17 dB) and excellent beam quality (M²= 1.1). Altering the fiber temperature and length were necessary to provide the best results.

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D. P. Machewirth, Q. Wang, B. Samson, K. Tankala, M. O'Connor, and M. Alam "Current developments in high-power monolithic polarization maintaining fiber amplifiers for coherent beam combining applications", Proc. SPIE 6453, Fiber Lasers IV: Technology, Systems, and Applications, 64531F (22 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.712691

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