Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 17, 1732017(2024)

724 W, 0.9 mJ, 227 fs Four-Channel Coherently Combined Ultrafast Fiber Laser System (Invited)

Zhihao Wang1, Shuangxi Peng1, Hao Xu1, Zhengyan Li2, Qingbin Zhang1,3、*, and Peixiang Lu1,3
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  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei , China
  • 2School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei , China
  • 3Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, Hubei , China
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    Schematic diagram of experimental setup (TPSR represents tunable pulse stretcher, PM-YDF represents polarization-maintaining Yb-doped fiber, DC-YDF represents double-clad Yb-doped fiber, ISO represents isolator, AOM represents acousto-optic modulator, PCF represents photonic crystal fiber, HWP represents half-wave plate, QWP represents quarter-wave plate, PBS represents polarizing beam-splitter, PZM represents piezo-driven mirror, TFP represents thin film polarizer, LW represents laser window, PM represents power meter, and SHG-FROG represents second harmonic generation frequency resolved optical gating)
    Output power as a function of pump power of each channel. (a) Channel 1; (b) channel 2; (c) channel 3; (d) channel 4
    Power stability and phase stability of combined beams. (a) Power stability; phase error of (b) channels 1 and 2, (c) channels 3 and 4, and (d) channels 1-4 after starting phase stabilization system
    Spectrum of combined beam under full power amplification
    Beam profiles of the individual channels and after coherent combination of all channels at full power amplification
    Measurement of pulse characteristics after dispersion compensation by grating only. (a) Measured FROG trace; (b) retrieved FROG trace; (c) measured spectrum (dashed line), retrieved spectrum (solid line), and phase (dotdash line); (d) retrieved temporal envelope (solid line), temporal phase (dot dash line), and Fourier transform-limited temporal envelope (dashed line)
    Measurement of pulse characteristics after accurate high-order dispersion compensation using TPSR. (a) Measured FROG trace; (b) retrieved FROG trace; (c) measured spectrum (dashed line), retrieved spectrum (solid line), and phase (dot dash line); (d) retrieved temporal envelope (solid line), temporal phase (dot dash line), and Fourier transform-limited temporal envelope (dashed line)
    M2 after compression of the combined beam under full power amplification (inset is profile of focus beam)
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    Zhihao Wang, Shuangxi Peng, Hao Xu, Zhengyan Li, Qingbin Zhang, Peixiang Lu. 724 W, 0.9 mJ, 227 fs Four-Channel Coherently Combined Ultrafast Fiber Laser System (Invited)[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(17): 1732017

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    Paper Information

    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: Jun. 6, 2024

    Accepted: Jul. 18, 2024

    Published Online: Sep. 3, 2024

    The Author Email: Qingbin Zhang (zhangqingbin@hust.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS241138

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS241138

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