Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 4, 424(2021)

Effects of background spectral noise in the phase-modulated single-frequency seed laser on high-power narrow-linewidth fiber amplifiers

Wei Liu1, Jiaxin Song1, Pengfei Ma1,2、*, Hu Xiao1, and Pu Zhou1,3、*
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  • 1College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 2e-mail: shandapengfei@126.com
  • 3e-mail: zhoupu203@163.com
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    Normalized temporal and spectral intensity of the constructed phase-modulated single-frequency part (first line) and background spectral noise (second line): (a), (c) normalized temporal intensity; (b), (d) normalized spectral intensity.
    Output powers and spectra of the total signal laser at different pump powers: (a) output power; (b) output spectra.
    Power-ratio spectral linewidths of total signal laser at different output powers.
    Power evolutions of the two spectral components along the fiber amplifier.
    Normalized spectral evolutions along the fiber amplifier: (a) the phase-modulated single-frequency part; (b) the background spectral noise.
    Output spectrum of the total signal laser at a pump power of 2 kW when ignoring FWM terms in the simulation.
    Power-ratio spectral linewidths of the total signal laser at a pump power of 2 kW when the power ratio or the bandwidth of the background spectral noise is different: (a) the power ratio is different; (b) the bandwidth is different.
    Power-ratio spectral linewidths of the total signal laser at a pump power of 2 kW when the power ratio of the backward pump power is different.
    Experimental setup of the fiber amplifier.
    Normalized measured and simulated spectra of the fiber amplifier at different output powers: (a) seed laser; (b) 0.48 kW; (c) 0.99 kW; (d) 1.51 kW.
    Ninety-nine percent power-ratio spectral linewidths of the total signal laser at different output powers when the experimental setups are different.
    • Table 1. Major Simulation Parameters for the Fiber Amplifier

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      Table 1. Major Simulation Parameters for the Fiber Amplifier

      ParameterValueParameterValue
      λp976 nmλs1080 nm
      α1.5 dB/kmγ0.5  W1/km
      Γp0.0025Γs0.85
      Lact15 mLpas1 m
      τ0.84 msN7.8×1025
      σpa1.77×1024  m2σpe1.71×1024  m2
      σsa2.29×1027  m2σse2.82×1025  m2
      β212  ps2/kmPseed50 W
      dt1×1013  sTmax5×108  s
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    Wei Liu, Jiaxin Song, Pengfei Ma, Hu Xiao, Pu Zhou, "Effects of background spectral noise in the phase-modulated single-frequency seed laser on high-power narrow-linewidth fiber amplifiers," Photonics Res. 9, 424 (2021)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers and Laser Optics

    Received: Nov. 4, 2020

    Accepted: Jan. 18, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 11, 2021

    The Author Email: Pengfei Ma (shandapengfei@126.com), Pu Zhou (zhoupu203@163.com)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.414223

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