6 kW Single Stage Narrow Linewidth Fiber Amplifier Based on the Balance Between Mode Instability and Nonlinear Effects
Single-stage high-power narrow-linewidth fiber laser has been investigated intensively recently because of its simple and robust configuration and great potential in spectral/coherent beam combination. In this work, a 6 kW narrow-linewidth fiber amplifier was experimentally achieved based...
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IEEE
2023-01-01
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| Series: | IEEE Photonics Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10226348/ |
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| Summary: | Single-stage high-power narrow-linewidth fiber laser has been investigated intensively recently because of its simple and robust configuration and great potential in spectral/coherent beam combination. In this work, a 6 kW narrow-linewidth fiber amplifier was experimentally achieved based on a fiber oscillator seed. By employing a few-mode ytterbium-doped fiber, the spectral broadening and SRS effects are both significantly mitigated. Combined with a wavelength-stabilized 981 nm pump source, the threshold of transverse mode instability is improved, then, a maximum output power of 6020 W at the central wavelength 1080 nm was achieved with 3-dB bandwidth of ∼0.37 nm and optical-to-optical efficiency of ∼85.6%. The mode instability and nonlinear effects were balanced well. The measured beam quality and the signal to Raman ratio were M<sup>2</sup>∼2.7 and ∼27 dB, respectively. This work shows the great potential of such amplification structure for the power scaling of high-power narrow-linewidth fiber lasers. |
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| ISSN: | 1943-0655 |