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Simple and compact all-fibre retro-reflector for cladding-pumped fibre lasers

Simple and compact all-fibre retro-reflector for cladding-pumped fibre lasers
Simple and compact all-fibre retro-reflector for cladding-pumped fibre lasers
Proposed is an all-fibre retro-reflector realised via shaping a fibre end into a right-angled cone for a pump reflector in cladding-pumped fibre lasers. The conical-shaped fibre-optic retro-reflector allows folded, total internal reflections for pump beams that propagate in the inner cladding of a double-clad fibre. The proposed scheme was applied to a cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped fibre laser and readily achieved over 55% of reflection for the unabsorbed pump throughput, thereby generating 29% more signal output power than without the pump retro-reflector.
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Jeong, Y.
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Baek, S.
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Nilsson, J.
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Lee, B.
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Jeong, Y.
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Baek, S.
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Nilsson, J.
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Lee, B.
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Jeong, Y., Baek, S., Nilsson, J. and Lee, B. (2006) Simple and compact all-fibre retro-reflector for cladding-pumped fibre lasers. Electronics Letters, 42 (1), 15-16. (doi:10.1049/el:20063545).

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Proposed is an all-fibre retro-reflector realised via shaping a fibre end into a right-angled cone for a pump reflector in cladding-pumped fibre lasers. The conical-shaped fibre-optic retro-reflector allows folded, total internal reflections for pump beams that propagate in the inner cladding of a double-clad fibre. The proposed scheme was applied to a cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped fibre laser and readily achieved over 55% of reflection for the unabsorbed pump throughput, thereby generating 29% more signal output power than without the pump retro-reflector.

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Published date: 2006

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Local EPrints ID: 38972
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/38972
ISSN: 0013-5194
PURE UUID: 13a09f9d-6078-4a83-9c12-58ee9fe4cc3b
ORCID for J. Nilsson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1691-7959

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Date deposited: 13 Jun 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:01

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Author: Y. Jeong
Author: S. Baek
Author: J. Nilsson ORCID iD
Author: B. Lee

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