Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 44, Issue 2, 201017(2017)

Picosecond Pulsed All-Fiber Yb-Doped Laser with High Repetition Rate and Wide Spectrum

Li Pingxue*, Wang Xiaoxiao, Su Ning, Su Meng, Shao Yue, Xiao Kun, and Liu Jianguo
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    A high repetition rate and wide spectrum picosecond pulsed all-fiber Yb-doped laser is experimentally studied. The laser with all-fiber structure uses the master oscillator power amplifier technology. The broadening of the spectrum is caused by the nonlinear effect. Passively mode-locked technique of oscillator is realized by semiconductor saturable absorber mirror. The laser operates at 1031.3 nm with 3 dB spectral width of 1.51 nm. Its pulse width is 3.1 ps and the repetition frequency is 21.3269 MHz. An acoustic-optic modulator is applied to reduce the repetition rate to 2.1 MHz. The down-converted signal light passes through a three-stage Yb-doped fiber amplifier, and the main power amplification is realized in 30 μm/250 μm large mode field double-clad Yb-doped fiber. In the end, the pulse laser output is obtained with average output power of 20 W, pulse width of 20.8 ps, spectrum range from 640~1700 nm, single pulse energy of 9.5 μJ, and corresponding peak power of 0.46 MW.

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    Li Pingxue, Wang Xiaoxiao, Su Ning, Su Meng, Shao Yue, Xiao Kun, Liu Jianguo. Picosecond Pulsed All-Fiber Yb-Doped Laser with High Repetition Rate and Wide Spectrum[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2017, 44(2): 201017

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    Paper Information

    Category: laser devices and laser physics

    Received: Sep. 1, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 22, 2017

    The Author Email: Pingxue Li (pxli@bjut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201744.0201017

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