Polarization-dependent transverse mode selection in an Yb-doped fiber laser
Polarization-dependent transverse mode selection in an Yb-doped fiber laser
A simple technique for selectively generating the fundamental LP01 and the next higher order donut-shaped LP11 mode with vortex phase front in a cladding-pumped few-moded ytterbium-doped fiber laser is reported. Our approach exploits the difference in polarization behavior of individual transverse modes due to transverse variation of birefringence in a few-mode fiber allowing robust mode discrimination through the use of an appropriately aligned intracavity polarizing element. The laser yielded ~36 W of output power for both transverse modes with corresponding slope efficiency of 74% with respect to absorbed pump power and a mode purity of 98% for the donut-shaped LP11 mode.
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Lin, Di
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Clarkson, W.A.
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2015
Lin, Di
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Lin, Di and Clarkson, W.A.
(2015)
Polarization-dependent transverse mode selection in an Yb-doped fiber laser.
Optics Letters, 40 (4), .
(doi:10.1364/OL.40.000498).
Abstract
A simple technique for selectively generating the fundamental LP01 and the next higher order donut-shaped LP11 mode with vortex phase front in a cladding-pumped few-moded ytterbium-doped fiber laser is reported. Our approach exploits the difference in polarization behavior of individual transverse modes due to transverse variation of birefringence in a few-mode fiber allowing robust mode discrimination through the use of an appropriately aligned intracavity polarizing element. The laser yielded ~36 W of output power for both transverse modes with corresponding slope efficiency of 74% with respect to absorbed pump power and a mode purity of 98% for the donut-shaped LP11 mode.
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Accepted/In Press date: 2 January 2015
Published date: 2015
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Local EPrints ID: 374367
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/374367
ISSN: 0146-9592
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W.A. Clarkson
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