Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 42, Issue 23, 2306002(2022)

Kilowatt-Level Monolithic All-Fiber Laser Oscillator

Hao Li1,2, Hongye Li1,2, Zhixian Li1,2, Xin Tian1,2, Meng Wang1,2,3, Binyu Rao1,2, Baiyi Wu1,2,3, Xiaoming Xi1,2,3, Zilun Chen1,2,3, Zefeng Wang1,2,3、*, and Jinbao Chen1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Hunan , China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Pulsed Power Laser Technology, Changsha 410073, Hunan , China
  • 3Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High Energy Laser Technology, Changsha 410073, Hunan , China
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    Based on the femtosecond laser inscribing technology and side-pump coupling technology, a kilowatt-level monolithic all-fiber laser oscillator without fusion splice in the main optical path is obtained. In addition, a pair of fiber Bragg gratings are written in a large-mode-area and double-cladding ytterbium-doped fiber by combining femtosecond laser and phase mask, so as to form a resonant cavity. Meanwhile, two side-pump couplers are fabricated by tapered-fused technology in the same ytterbium-doped fiber. With a semiconductor laser of 976 nm as the pump source, the maximum output power of 1052 W is obtained at a center wavelength of 1070 nm, and the optical-optical conversion efficiency and the beam qualityfactor M2 are about 73% and 1.8, respectively. A compact and stable monolithic fiber laser oscillator system is presented, and its potential in realizing laser output with high power and high beam quality is demonstrated, which is of great value to the development and application of high-power fiber lasers.

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    Hao Li, Hongye Li, Zhixian Li, Xin Tian, Meng Wang, Binyu Rao, Baiyi Wu, Xiaoming Xi, Zilun Chen, Zefeng Wang, Jinbao Chen. Kilowatt-Level Monolithic All-Fiber Laser Oscillator[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2022, 42(23): 2306002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Mar. 14, 2022

    Accepted: Jun. 13, 2022

    Published Online: Dec. 14, 2022

    The Author Email: Wang Zefeng (zefengwang_nudt@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202242.2306002

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