High Power Laser Science and Engineering, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 03000e46(2018)

In-band pumping avenue based high power superfluorescent fiber source with record power and near-diffraction-limited beam quality

Jiangming Xu1,2, Jun Ye1, Hu Xiao1,2, Jinyong Leng1,2, Wei Liu1, and Pu Zhou1,2
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  • 1College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2Hunan Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of High Power Fiber Laser, Changsha 410073, China
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    A schematic of the in-band pumped high power SFS system. YDF, Yb-doped fiber; LD, laser diode; CLS, cladding light stripper; ISO, isolator; FBG, fiber Bragg grating; Cir, circulator; Pre-Amp, pre-amplifier; YDFL, Yb-doped fiber laser.
    Spectral characteristics of the seed source.
    Output characteristics of the main amplifier. (a) Output power as a function of pump power and spectrum at the ultimate power. (b) Measured beam quality at the maximal power. (c) Characteristics in time and frequency domains at full power.
    Spectral characteristics of amplified light. Spectral details of (a) narrowband seed amplification and (b) broadband seed amplification. (c) FWHM linewidth broadening factors as functions of output power.
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    Jiangming Xu, Jun Ye, Hu Xiao, Jinyong Leng, Wei Liu, Pu Zhou. In-band pumping avenue based high power superfluorescent fiber source with record power and near-diffraction-limited beam quality[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(3): 03000e46

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    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Apr. 26, 2018

    Accepted: Jul. 16, 2018

    Published Online: Aug. 22, 2018

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    DOI:10.1017/hpl.2018.43

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