Functional fibers and functional fiber-based components for high-power lasers

X Chen, T Yao, L Huang, Y An, H Wu, Z Pan… - Advanced Fiber …, 2023 - Springer
The success of high-power fiber lasers is fueled by maturation of active and passive fibers,
combined with the availability of high-power fiber-based components. In this contribution, we …

47 W continuous-wave 1726 nm thulium fiber laser core-pumped by an erbium fiber laser

MD Burns, PC Shardlow, P Barua, TL Jefferson-Brain… - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The high-power, short-wavelength operation of a thulium-doped silica fiber laser at 1726 nm
has been demonstrated in a core-pumped monolithic (all-fiber) resonator configuration, in …

High power cladding light stripper using segmented corrosion method: theoretical and experimental studies

L Yin, M Yan, Z Han, H Wang, H Shen, R Zhu - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present the segmented corrosion method that uses hydrofluoric acid to etch the fiber of a
fiber laser for removing high-power cladding light to improve stripping uniformity and power …

Kilowatt-level cladding light stripper for high-power fiber laser

P Yan, J Sun, Y Huang, D Li, X Wang, Q Xiao… - Applied Optics, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We designed and fabricated a high-power cladding light stripper (CLS) by combining a fiber-
etched CLS with a cascaded polymer-recoated CLS. The etched fiber reorganizes the …

High-efficiency fiber-cladding power stripper based on all-dielectric optical thin films

N Wang, Y Yang, Q Li, H Wang, Q Ruan, N Chen… - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Although conventional fiber-cladding power strippers (CPSs) based on the techniques of
high-index adhesive or corrosive liquids onto fiber inner cladding have been well …

Design of a polymer-based cladding mode stripper with a distributed temperature profile

VA Gomes, S Chowdhury, S Maity, D Majumder… - Applied Optics, 2024 - opg.optica.org
An optimized polymer-based fiber cladding mode stripper (CMS) is presented
experimentally. A unique partial fiber stripping method is introduced in CMS fabrication to …

Differential modulation system with potential for portable field detection: An ultrasensitive gentamicin optical sensor for label-free detection

D Sun, G Wang, C Ma, L Liang, Y Yang, G Wang… - Optics & Laser …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, we present a differential intensity-modulated system that comprises a tapered
microfiber interferometer functionalized with polydopamine/AuNPs/cysteamine …

Efficient suppression of backward light scattering for optical fiber cladding light stripper

T Kim, J Jung, K Lee, JH Lee - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study investigates a method for the effective suppression of backscattering within
optical fiber cladding light strippers (CLSs) with a periodically grooved structure. First, the …

Cladding light stripper of high average stripped power density with high attenuation of 39 dB and low temperature rise

S Zou, H Chen, J Zhang, H Yu, Z Zhang… - IEEE Photonics …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a 150-mm long cladding light stripper for kW-level operation with high
attenuation and low temperature rising. The first 100 mm of the device was designed based …

Highly efficient fiber cladding light stripper fabricated by chemical mask etching method

S Zou, H Yu, J Zhang, J Zuo, Z Dong… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We presented the chemical mask etching method to fabricate an all-fiber cladding light
stripper (CLS). The morphology and density of the micron-sized microstructures generated …