High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 34, Issue 12, 121002(2022)

5 kW near single mode output of narrow linewidth laser with simple MOPA structure

Xin Tian, Binyu Rao, Meng Wang, Chongwei Wang, Xiaoming Xi*, Weiyi Yuan, Zhixian Li, Hao Li, Zilun Chen, Zhiyong Pan, Xiaolin Wang, Pengfei Ma, Zefeng Wang*, and Jinbao Chen
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  • College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Nanhu Laser Laboratory, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of High EnergyLaser Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
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    High-power narrow-linewidth fiber lasers are highly desired for nonlinear frequency conversion, spectral combination, and coherent combination. In this work, a 5 kW near single mode narrow-linewidth fiber laser system is established based on a composite fiber oscillator seed. By optimizing temporal characteristic of seed and structure of amplifier, the stimulated Raman scattering, spectral broadening, and transverse mode instability effects are suppressed comprehensively. Consequently, the output power is scaled up to 5 kW with a slope efficiency as high as approximately 86.1%. The peak signal to noise ratio is about 28.3 dB compared with the Raman Stokes light. The 3 dB and 20 dB linewidths are 0.48 nm and 2.1 nm, respectively. The beam quality (M2 factor) is about 1.35. This work shows a amplification potential of narrow-linewidth fiber lasers based on such a simple structure.

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    Xin Tian, Binyu Rao, Meng Wang, Chongwei Wang, Xiaoming Xi, Weiyi Yuan, Zhixian Li, Hao Li, Zilun Chen, Zhiyong Pan, Xiaolin Wang, Pengfei Ma, Zefeng Wang, Jinbao Chen. 5 kW near single mode output of narrow linewidth laser with simple MOPA structure[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(12): 121002

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    Paper Information

    Category: High Power Laser Physics and Technology?Research Letter

    Received: Aug. 29, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 10, 2022

    The Author Email: Xi Xiaoming (exixiaoming@163.com), Wang Zefeng (zefengwang_nudt@163.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202234.220267

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