Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 51, Issue 8, 0801005(2024)

57 W 2.05 μm Single‑Transverse‑Mode Thulium‑Doped Fiber Laser MOPA

Xuewen Luo1,2, Lu Zhang1,2, Shijie Fu1,2、*, Quan Sheng1,2, Junxiang Zhang1,2, Wei Shi1,2、**, and Jianquan Yao1,2
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  • 1School of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optoelectronics Information Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    Experiment setup of thulium-doped fiber MOPA
    Simulation results of thulium-doped fiber laser. (a) Amplified signal power versus fiber length and incident signal power; (b) output power versus fiber length at 4.4 W incident signal power
    Output spectra before and after seed light passes through FWDM and transmission spectrum of FWDM with output spectrum of seed light in 2046‒2051 nm shown in inset
    Output characteristics of first amplifier. (a) Output power; (b) output spectrum
    Output characteristics of second amplifier. (a) Output power; (b) output spectrum in1800‒2300 nm; (c) output spectrum in 2046‒2051 nm
    • Table 1. Simulation parameters of thulium-doped fiber lasers

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      Table 1. Simulation parameters of thulium-doped fiber lasers

      ParameterSymbolValueParameterSymbolValue
      Wavelength of pump laserλp793 nmWavelength of signal laserλs2.05 μm
      Lifetime of level 3F4τ10337.4 μsLifetime of level 3H4τ3114.3 μs
      Planck constanth6.626×10-34 J∙sCore areaAcore7.85×10-11 m2
      Overlap factor of pump mode fieldΓp0.006Overlap factor of signal mode fieldΓs0.85
      Thulium particle concentrationN3×1026 m-3Emission cross section at 2.05 μmσeλs2.1×10-25 m2
      Absorption cross section at 793 nmσaλp8.5×10-25 m2Absorption cross section at 2.05 μmσaλs0
      Loss coefficient at 793 nmαp1.99×10-3 m-1Loss coefficient at 2.05 μmαs1.2×10-2 m-1
      Cross relaxation rateK30111.8×10-22 m3/sInverse cross relaxation rateK11301.5×10-23 m3/s
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    Xuewen Luo, Lu Zhang, Shijie Fu, Quan Sheng, Junxiang Zhang, Wei Shi, Jianquan Yao. 57 W 2.05 μm Single‑Transverse‑Mode Thulium‑Doped Fiber Laser MOPA[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2024, 51(8): 0801005

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Oct. 9, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 11, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 29, 2024

    The Author Email: Fu Shijie (shijie_fu@tju.edu.cn), Shi Wei (shiwei@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL231260

    CSTR:32183.14.CJL231260

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