The stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) effect in fiber amplifiers using white noise signal (WNS) phase modulated seed is simulated. The influences of cut-off frequencies of WNS and the output fiber structure on SBS threshold are discussed. Basing on simulation results, optimized phase modulation signal and output fiber structure are achieved to suppress SBS. A fiber laser is established according to the simulation results.
In this paper, we report a high-robustness good-beam-quality 3×1 signal combiner that performs very well under high power. We use three 3.5kW fiber lasers to inject into the three ports of the combiner to achieve a high power output of 10.4kW, and the power transmission efficiency is 98.2%.The output beam quality M24σ and β factor are tested when the power reached the highest, which are (5.465,5.2) and 2.69 respectively. The temperature rising rate of housing is 0.9 °C/kW, is effectively controlled by water cooling package of the combiner. This 3×1 signal combiner has been used in 10-kW fiber laser product and it works well in harsh environment, demonstrating high robustness against unconventional conditions.
We proposed a simple O-shaped cylinder all-fiber-integrated laser without inter-cladding-power-strippers (CPS) based on a quasi-bidirectional pumping scheme. The fiber grooves were inscribed on the outside of an O-shaped aluminium cylinder with both straight and curved tracks. The curved track with a diameter of 10 cm could suppress the high order modes and keep a stable beam quality with the increases of output power, while the straight parts improve the robustness for fusion points and unpackaged optical components. The simplified configuration of no CPS between the oscillator and the amplifier could also improve the total efficiency. The output power, the optical-to-optical efficiency, the beam quality, and the Raman suppression are systematically investigated. It is verified that this design introduces a practical way to simultaneously improve the transverse mode instability (TMI) and SRS thresholds in a high-power fiber laser system with a simple configuration and high efficiency.
The average power scaling of counter pumped Yb-doped monolithic fiber amplifiers emitting a diffraction-limited beam has been investigated. The characteristics of seed laser including linewidth and power are optimized, which are beneficial for the suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), nonlinear-induced spectral broadening and transverse mode instabilities (TMI). The fiber with a mode field area of 700 μm2 is able to amplify a 360 W narrow linewidth seed up to 4.05 kW average output power before the onset of TMI. Up to this power level, a narrow linewidth with (0.372 nm), high optical-to-optical efficiency of 67.6% with diffraction-limited beam quality and without any sign of TMI or stimulated Raman scattering for a spectral dynamic range of higher than -52 dB is obtained.
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.
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
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