Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 1, 20220015(2022)
50th anniversary of Raman fiber laser: History, progress and prospect (Invited)
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Fig. 2. Structure of cascaded RFLs(a) and typical multi-order Raman output spectra(b) in early years[19]
Fig. 4. Experiment setup of the 153 W RFL reported in 2009. WDM: wavelength division multiplexing, FBG: fiber Bragg grating [77]
Fig. 5. Output power development of Raman fiber oscillator in recent years
Fig. 7. Scheme of the experimental setup of ytterbium-doped-Raman-hybrid-gain-fiber amplifier[102]
Fig. 8. (a) Experimental scheme of kilowatt RFA with near-diffraction-limited output based on GRIN fiber; (b) Evolution curve of output spot and beam quality with Raman signal power[115]
Fig. 9. (a) Setup of the cascaded RFA; (b) Spectrum of seed laser; (c) Loss spectrum of Raman fiber[104]
Fig. 10. Experimental setup of frequency doubling of RFLs to generate laser at 589 nm[119]
Fig. 11. Experimental setup diagram of the HDFLs pumped by RFLs[129]
Table 1. Research progress of Raman fiber oscillator in recent years
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Years Research institute Power /W M2 in/out Efficiency BE Wavelength /nm References 说明：表中 “—” 表示该文献中未提供该项数据 2004 Wright Patterson Air Force Base 0.8 7/1.6 6% 1 1 116 [ 80 ]2006 University of Southampton 10.2 4.8/1.2 48% 9.6 1 660 [ 79 ]2009 European Southern Observatory 153 — 85% — 1 120 [ 77 ]2010 OFS Laboratory 81 — 32% — 1 480 [ 86 ]2010 European Southern Observatory 100 2/>1.6 62.5% 0.9 1 120 [ 87 ]2013 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 3 — 35% — 980 [ 88 ]2013 National University of Defense Technology 119 — 82% — 1 173 [ 89 ]2014 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS 12.3 3.2/1.46 82.7% 2.2 1 658 [ 90 ]2015 University of Southampton 6 22/1.9 9% 9.6 1 120 [ 91 ]2015 University of Southampton 19 22.2/5 48% 5.3 1 019 [ 91 ]2016 Soreq Nuclear Research Center 80 14/5.6 53% 3.5 1 020 [ 92 ]2017 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 10 20/1.2 15.4% 40 954 [ 93 ]2017 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 17 — 19% — 954 [ 94 ]2017 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 50 26/2.6 27% 25 954 [ 94 ]2017 Soreq Nuclear Research Center 154 19.0/8 65% 3 1 020 [ 95 ]2018 Soreq Nuclear Research Center 135 7.6/2.5 68% 5.6 1 081 [ 96 ]2018 Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences 62 30.0/3 30% 25 954 [ 97 ]2018 Soreq Nuclear Research Center 250 8.4/3.3 60% 3.6 1 080 [ 98 ]2018 Soreq Nuclear Research Center 1 200 8/2.75 85% 7 1 120 [ 85 ]
Table 2. Research progress of high-power RFA in recent years
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Years Research institute Power /W M2 in/out Efficiency BE Wavelength /nm Gain type References 说明：表中 “—” 表示该文献中未提供该项数据 2002 University of Southampton 0.05 4.4/— 36% 17.5 1 069 Raman [ 78 ]2012 Jena University 208 —— 87% —— 1 118- 1 130 Raman [ 103 ]2013 OFS Laboratory 301 —— 64% —— 1 480 Raman [ 104 ]2014 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS 300 —— 70% —— 1 120 Yb-Raman [ 105 ]2014 Beijing University of Technology 14.3 —— 38.5% —— 2 147 Raman [ 106 ]2014 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS 1 280 —— 70% —— 1 120 Yb-Raman [ 102 ]2014 National University of Defense Technology 732 —— 82.2% —— 1 120 Yb-Raman [ 107 ]2015 National University of Defense Technology 1 520 —— 75.6% —— 1 120 Yb-Raman [ 108 ]2016 Tsinghua University 3 890 —/1.49 70.9% —— 1 123 Yb-Raman [ 83 ]2018 National University of Defense Technology 528 10.4/4.2 68% 3.8 1 060 Raman [ 109 ]2019 National University of Defense Technology 1 002 9.2/5.1 84% 2.6 1 060 Raman [ 110 ]2019 Tsinghua University 3 700 —/2.18 —— —— 1 123 Yb-Raman [ 111 ]2020 National University of Defense Technology 762.6 6.12/2.24 25% 2.35 1 130 Raman [ 112 ]2020 National University of Defense Technology 2 087 ~13.5/8.9 59.33% —— 1 130 Raman [ 113 ]2021 National University of Defense Technology 2 034 10.5/2.8 79.35% 11.2 1 130 Raman [ 114 ]2021 National University of Defense Technology 3 083 ~11/5.72 78.7% 2.9 1 131 Raman [ 82 ]
Table 3. Research progress of RRFL in recent years
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Years Research institute Power /W Efficiency Wavelength /nm References 说明：表中 “—” 表示该文献中未提供该项数据 2010 Aston University 0.15 — 1 550 [ 131 ]2015 National University of Defense Technology 124 79% 1 146 [ 130 ]2017 National University of Defense Technology 27 — 996 [ 139 ]2017 National University of Defense Technology 491 — 1120 [ 140 ]2018 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, CAS 100.1 38.4%/27.2% 1 000-1 900 [ 116 ]2019 National University of Defense Technology 985 78.9% 1 150 [ 141 ]2021 National University of Defense Technology 1 570 77.5% 1 120 [ 142 ]
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Pu Zhou, Tianfu Yao, Chenchen Fan, Yang Li, Xiulu Hao, Yizhu Chen, Xiaoya Ma, Jiangming Xu, Hu Xiao, Jinyong Leng, Wei Liu. 50th anniversary of Raman fiber laser: History, progress and prospect (Invited)[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(1): 20220015
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Published Online: Mar. 8, 2022
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