Power scaling concepts for fiber lasers
Power scaling concepts for fiber lasers
The use of a two-mirror beam shaper to re-format the output from a diode-stack to allow efficient cladding-pumping of fiber lasers is described. In addition, the use of a helical-core geometry to suppress oscillation on higher-order modes in large-core double-clad fiber lasers is discussed. In preliminary experiments we have obtained ~90W of output in a beam with M2 ~ 5 from a conventional straight-core Yb-doped double-clad fiber with V=11 for ~150W of launched pump power at ~938nm from a beam-shaped diode-stack, and ~ 24.3W of output in a beam with M2 ~ 3 from a Yb-doped helical-core fiber for ~50W of launched pump power. The prospects for further improvement in performance and beam quality are considered.
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Optical Society of America
Clarkson, W.A.
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Cooper, L.J.
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Wang, P.
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Williams, R.B.
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Sahu, J.K.
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2003
Clarkson, W.A.
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Cooper, L.J.
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Wang, P.
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Williams, R.B.
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Sahu, J.K.
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Clarkson, W.A., Cooper, L.J., Wang, P., Williams, R.B. and Sahu, J.K.
(2003)
Power scaling concepts for fiber lasers.
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Abstract
The use of a two-mirror beam shaper to re-format the output from a diode-stack to allow efficient cladding-pumping of fiber lasers is described. In addition, the use of a helical-core geometry to suppress oscillation on higher-order modes in large-core double-clad fiber lasers is discussed. In preliminary experiments we have obtained ~90W of output in a beam with M2 ~ 5 from a conventional straight-core Yb-doped double-clad fiber with V=11 for ~150W of launched pump power at ~938nm from a beam-shaped diode-stack, and ~ 24.3W of output in a beam with M2 ~ 3 from a Yb-doped helical-core fiber for ~50W of launched pump power. The prospects for further improvement in performance and beam quality are considered.
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Published date: 2003
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