Towards ultimate high-power scaling: Coherent beam combining of fiber lasers

H Fathi, M Närhi, R Gumenyuk - Photonics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fiber laser technology has been demonstrated as a versatile and reliable approach to laser
source manufacturing with a wide range of applicability in various fields ranging from …

[PDF][PDF] 高功率光纤激光器纤芯温度在线测量技术及其应用研究进展

周子超, 崔文达, 奚小明, 韩凯, 杨剑, 许晓军 - 光学学报, 2023 - researching.cn
摘要高功率光纤激光器中的热效应是影响激光器稳定运行的重要因素. 为了增加高功率光纤
激光器的稳定性, 对高功率光纤激光器的纤芯温度进行测量至关重要. 本文首先介绍了利用光纤 …

Mitigation of TMI in an 8 kW tandem pumped fiber amplifier enabled by inter-mode gain competition mechanism through bending control

R Li, H Li, H Wu, H Xiao, J Leng, L Huang, Z Pan… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In this work, the impact of fiber bending and mode content on transverse mode instability
(TMI) is investigated. Based on a modified stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering (STRS) …

2.5 kW TMI-free co-pump Yb-doped fiber oscillator by 971.5 nm pumping wavelength

R Rezaei-Nasirabad, S Azizi, D Paygan… - Optics & Laser …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pump wavelength shift from the peak absorption wavelength of 976 nm is one of the
strategies for mitigation of transverse mode instability (TMI) in high-power Yb-doped fiber …

Nanocrystalline Yb: YAG-doped silica glass with good transmittance and significant spectral performance enhancements

H Dong, Y Chen, Y Jiao, Q Zhou, Y Cheng, H Zhang… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, Yb: YAG-nanocrystal-doped silica glass with high transmission and excellent
spectral properties was successfully prepared using a modified sol–gel method. The X-ray …

More than 6 kW near single-mode fiber amplifier based on a bidirectional tandem pumping scheme

R Li, H Wu, H Xiao, J Leng, L Huang, P Zhou - Applied Optics, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate the first all-fiber monolithic bidirectional tandem pumping amplifier, to the
best of our knowledge, based on a 30/250 µm conventional ytterbium-doped double-clad …

Transverse mode instability in fiber laser oscillators

L Dong, MN Zervas - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
What we believe to be a first theoretical study of transverse mode instability (TMI) in
oscillators based on a stimulated thermal Rayleigh scattering (STRS) model is conducted …

Influence of Gain Saturation Effect on Transverse Mode Instability Considering Four-Wave Mixing

H Li, L Huang, H Wu, Z Pan, P Zhou - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Transverse mode instability (TMI) has been recognized as onse of the primary limiting
factors for the average power scaling of high-brightness fiber lasers. In this work, a static …

3 kW forward-pumped fiber laser via pump recycler

W Lin, MH Bussières-Hersir, M Auger, A Vincelette… - Applied Optics, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report a single-end forward-pumped fiber laser with a record high output power of 3 kW.
The laser is assembled exclusively from commercially widespread components such as the …

Output characteristics' static fluctuations versus the pump power in 1018 nm fiber oscillators

H Sarabi, H Latifi, M Lafouti, H Fathi, S Sarikhani - Optics Continuum, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This paper investigates the static fluctuating behavior of output parameters in 1018 nm fiber
lasers using 20/400 µm and 25/400 µm ytterbium-doped fibers (YDFs). It is seen that by …