Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Beam‐Quality Variation Characteristics of High‐Power Thulium‐Doped Fiber Lasers

Sijie Wang; Xiaolong Chen; Hui Shen; Xiaochen Guo; Chuanfa Jia; Junxuan Zhang; Yunfeng Qi; Xisheng Ye

doi:10.3788/CJL241225

Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 52, Issue 7, 0701001(2025)

Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Beam‐Quality Variation Characteristics of High‐Power Thulium‐Doped Fiber Lasers

Sijie Wang^1,2,3, Xiaolong Chen^1,2,3, Hui Shen^1,2,3, Xiaochen Guo^1,3, Chuanfa Jia^1,3, Junxuan Zhang^2,3,4, Yunfeng Qi^1,2,3、*, and Xisheng Ye^1,2,3、**

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¹Wang Zhijiang Laser Innovation Center, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²College of Materials Science and Opto-Electronic Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Aerospace Laser Technology and System Department, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

⁴Key Laboratory of Space Laser Communication and Detection Technology, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

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Sijie Wang, Xiaolong Chen, Hui Shen, Xiaochen Guo, Chuanfa Jia, Junxuan Zhang, Yunfeng Qi, Xisheng Ye. Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Beam‐Quality Variation Characteristics of High‐Power Thulium‐Doped Fiber Lasers[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2025, 52(7): 0701001

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Paper Information

Category: laser devices and laser physics

Received: Sep. 23, 2024

Accepted: Dec. 3, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 16, 2025

The Author Email: Yunfeng Qi (dreamer_7@siom.ac.cn), Xisheng Ye (xsye@siom.com)

DOI:10.3788/CJL241225

CSTR:32183.14.CJL241225

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