Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 49, Issue 3, 0314003(2020)

Passive Q-switched Cylindrical Vector Beam Fiber Laser Based on Few Mode Fiber

Cheng-xin WANG1,2,3, Bao-le LU1,2,3, Min LUO4, Hao-wei CHEN1,2,3、*, and Jin-tao BAI1,2,3
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  • 1National Key Laboratory of Western Energy Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials, Xi'an 710069, China
  • 2National Optical Technology and Functional Nanomaterials International Science and Technology Joint Research Center, Xi'an 710069, China
  • 3Institute of Photonics and Photon-technology, Northwest University; Shaanxi Engineering Technology Research Center for Solid State Lasers and Application; Provincial Key Laboratory of Photo-electronic Technology, Xi'an 710069, China
  • 4Xi'an Institute of Applied Optics, Xi'an 710065, China
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    A mode converter is prepared through fusion taper coupling a single mode fiber and a few mode fiber, and then a multi-walled carbon nanotube film is used as a saturable absorber to cover the cone of the converter to form a saturable absorber cylindrical vector optical device. Combined the advantages of Q-switched fiber laser and mode conversion device, the pulse cylindrical vector beam can be generated simply and efficiently, and a pulsed high-order mode laser output with high peak power and high mode purity can be obtained. The experiment successfully achieves a stable Q-switched pulse output with a center wavelength of 1 560 nm, a maximum single pulse energy and a maximum peak power of 116 nJ and 57 mW, respectively. The output of the Q-switched laser with radially and azimuthally polarized beams can be achieved by adjusting the polarization controller in the optical path.

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    Cheng-xin WANG, Bao-le LU, Min LUO, Hao-wei CHEN, Jin-tao BAI. Passive Q-switched Cylindrical Vector Beam Fiber Laser Based on Few Mode Fiber[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2020, 49(3): 0314003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optic

    Received: Nov. 28, 2019

    Accepted: Dec. 23, 2019

    Published Online: Apr. 24, 2020

    The Author Email: CHEN Hao-wei (67892020@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20204903.0314003

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